Nationally Accredited Drug & Alcohol Screening Officer Training Course (HLTPAT304D)
What is the course content?
The learning program is designed to ensure correct procedures are followed when performing onsite drug & alcohol screening and preparing & packaging a drug or alcohol test specimen for laboratory testing, and specifically covers:
1 Introduction
2 Drug types and their effects
3 Review of Australian Standards
4 Drug testing methods
5 Arranging a test
6 Drug testing equipment types (urine test cups & oral fluid tests)
7 Confirmatory testing at the laboratory
8 Chain-of-custody requirements
9 Test integrity
10 Conducting a urine drug test
11 Conducting and oral fluid drug test
12 Breathalyser basics
13 Conducting and recording a breath alcohol test
Certified Drug & Alcohol Screening Officer training course has been developed to address legislative requirements for drug & alcohol testing in accordance with the following Australian Standards:
- AS/NZS 4308-2008 Procedures for specimen collection and the detection and quantitation of drugs of abuse in urine
- AS 4760-2006 Procedures for specimen collection and the detection and quantitation of drugs in oral fluid
- AS3547:1997 Breath Alcohol Testing Devices for Personal Use
In accordance with OH&S requirements all drug & alcohol screening officers are required to hold a Statement of Attainment in accordance with the Australian Quality Training Framework under the definition of ‘Collector’ in the relevant Australian Standards.
The unit ‘HLTPAT304D – Collect pathology specimens other than blood‘ is a comprehensive pathology based training course provided in laymans terms, available via both distance/online learning
What are the course fees and duration?
Fees: Please contact us
Distance Learning – Please contact us for Pricing.
Duration:
Distance Learning – 7 hours private study
On completion of the course participants will be issued with a ‘Statement of Attainment’.
