STARS - Scottish Training for Alcohol Retailers and Servers Course

Description

STARS is designed to assist you in understanding your responsibilities as an employee, covering the legal basis of the required training of staff selling or serving alcohol under the Licensing Scotland Act 2005. The training covers the mandatory 2 hours for staff responsible for selling and serving alcohol in Scotland.

Scottish Training for Alcohol Retailers and Servers Course (STARS) e-learning course meets the requirements of The Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2007, which states that every person who is involved in the making of alcohol sales must receive ‘relevant training’. This e-learning course covers the topics and matters specified in the regulation and meets the required 2 hours’ duration time.

Upon completion, the learner and an existing Personal Licence Holder must both sign the training record certificate and retain a copy.

Course Overview

STARS is designed to assist you in understanding your responsibilities, covering the legal basis of the required training of staff selling or serving alcohol under the Licensing Scotland Act 2005. The course also provides good practise in managing conflict situations and the standard of service.

The Course Covers:

• Licensing and the licencing objectives
• The definition of alcohol′ in the Act
• What constitutes an unlicensed sale
• The functions of licensing standards officers and their powers
• The nature of an operating plan and its place in the licensing system

The modules are:

Licensing Law

Types of License Needed to Sell Alcohol

Licensing Standards Officers

Introduction to the Operating Plan and Licensing Conditions

Protection of Children and Prevention of Under Age Sales

Social Responsibility

This covers the following subject areas:

1. The legal basis of the requirement for the training of staff under paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Act

2. The licensing objectives

3. The definition of ‘alcohol’ in the Act

4. What constitutes an unlicensed sale

5. The functions of Licensing Standards Officers, including their powers of entry

6. The nature of an operating plan and its place in the licensing system

7. The difference types of premises licence conditions under section 27 of the Act and section 2 and 5 of the Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Act 2010

8. Special provision for clubs under section 125 of the Act

9. Licensed hours under Part 5 of the Act

10.Offences under the Act, particularly those involving persons under the age of 18

11.Proof of age

12.Test purchasing of alcohol under section 105 (2) of the Act

13.Best practice as regards standards of service

14.Units of alcohol and the relationship between units and the strength of different alcoholic drinks

15.The sensible risk drinking limits for males and females recommended by the British Medical Association

16.Good practice in managing conflict situations