Why is SAPAA DER training critical to your organization?
As the DER in your organization, you and the Alternative DER have tremendousresponsibility under the Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations to ensure that all aspectsof your employer’s mandatory drug and alcohol testing program are properly administered inaccordance with extensive and complex DOT regulations. While you may hire Service Agents(MROs, collectors, SAPs, TPAs, etc.) to assist you, by DOT regulation your employer is ultimatelyresponsible for meeting all applicable requirements and procedures. Additionally, your employeris by regulation responsible for all actions of Service Agents you may hire and is subject to DOTsanctions for their non-compliance. (See 49 CFR Part 40.15(c)). Those include fines of up to$10,000 per violation. (See 49 U.S.C. 521(b)(2)(A)).
To help you better understand your regulatory responsibilities, to enable you to confidentlyrespond to employee questions, interact intelligently with your collectors, MROs, SAPs, TPAs, andto avoid the governmental sanctions, SAPAA (Substance Abuse Program AdministratorsAssociation) has retained me, as the legal content provider of part40.com, LLC, to develop a DERtraining and certification course under 49 CFR Part 40 (“Part 40") and the DOT Agency-specificregulations as part of the family of SAPAA Training Institute Courses offered. SAPAA has a longhistory of providing quality training and certification programs to professionals in the drug andalcohol testing industry. See the SAPAA website www.sapaa.com for information on benefits ofbecoming a SAPAA member and other training course offer via web and live.
Cost is $195 Plus shipping & handling for standard test with one DOT mode ($50 for additional DOT modes)
What does this SAPAA DER training/certification course consist of?
The program is a combination print and web based course comprised of the following four(4) parts:
- 5 worksheets with numbered answer boxes for Part 40, and individual worksheet(s)for the DOT Agency you have chosen to be certified under.
- Following each worksheet is a multiple choice test which corresponds with theworksheet answer boxes. You should use this paper test to circle the correct answerfrom among the 3 choices for each numbered blank answer box.
- Part 40 Made E-Z (html file) CD-Rom (which you will receive by separate mailing),searchable with your internet browser, containing completely hyperlinked DOTregulations under 49 CFR Part 40, and all Federal Agency Drug & Alcohol TestingRegulations. This is your research guide to the correct answers to the worksheetblank question boxes. You may purchase a one year subscription to SAPAA’s Part40 Made E-Z so your disk is keep updated. See www.sapaa.com
- Once you have selected answers for all of the worksheets, you will then log into theSAPAA website http://www.sapaa.com/sapaatraining/index.asp using your User Name and Password found on page 1 of this welcome letter and make yourselection from the pull-down of 3 choices. You must complete the test online atwww.sapaa.com to obtain your certification. You must score at least 90% orbetter to obtain your SAPAA DER certification, both under Part 40 and the DOTAgency of your choice. You will receive electronic confirmation of your exam statusand a Printed Certificate to follow by mail.
What is the secret of doing well on the exam?
Read the regulations referred to in the questions. There is no shortcut, and even drug testingprofessionals will find the exam challenging if they fail to heed this advice. The correct answersshould be very apparent once you read the designated Code of Federal Regulation (CFR). The DOTwent to great lengths to make the regulations “plain English, easy to read and understand.” You cannavigate the Part 40 Made E-Z CD-Rom in seconds using your computer’s Internet.
It will literally take you 15 seconds to find the answers to most of your questions using Part40 Made E-Z. This DER training course is designed not only to teach you much of what you needto know, but also how to quickly find answers in the future and become proficient with theregulations that govern 99% of what you will be doing in regulated drug and alcohol testing.
How much time should the course take?
Allocate at least 6 hours total to complete the paper part of the course. Do yourself` and youremployer a great service and read the entire regulation designated. You will find your time wellinvested when you must make a crisis decision.
What if you need help or other resources?
My e-mail address is part40@bellsouth.net. I guided the development of the DER training and certification course, Part40 Made E-Z CD-Rom, with the help of the SAPAA Training Institute. A special thanks to DennisKerns and Jim Wright of that organization for their editorial assistance, ideas and inspiration. I, orone of my staff, will try to promptly respond to your inquiries. For more additional contact orresource information see:http://www.capellhoward.com/index.cfm.
Thank you for taking the time to improve your knowledge of this important aspect of your job and to protect your employer from unnecessary DOT sanctions.
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