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and Control Form (CCF) and must explain
the collector’s responsibility for maintaining
the integrity of the collection process,
ensuring the privacy of the employees being
tested, and ensuring the security of the
specimen. The collector must also be
trained on how to avoid conduct or
statements that could be viewed as offensive
or inappropriate.
Proficiency Demonstration. Collectors
must also demonstrate proficiency with the
procedures by completing five consecutive
error-free mock collections. Two of the
mock collections must be uneventful, one
will have insufficient volume, one collection
will have a temperature out of range, and
one collection deals with an employee’s
refusal to sign the CCF and initial the
specimen bottle tamper-evident seal. The
demonstration must be monitored and
evaluated by a qualified monitor who must
attest in writing that the mock collections
were performed with no errors.
The monitor must be an individual who
has demonstrated the necessary knowledge,
skills, and abilities by successfully
completing qualification training for
collectors and by conducting DOT drug test
collections on a regular basis for at least a
year, or by conducting collector training
under Part 40 for at least a year, or by
successfully completing a “train the trainer”
course.
Refresher Training. Refresher training
is required at least every 5 years from the
date on which the collector satisfactorily
completed the initial qualification training
and proficiency demonstration, and it must
meet the same requirements for both.
Error Correction Training. Error
correction training is required every time the
collector makes a mistake in the collection
process, causing a test to be cancelled,
including both fatal and uncorrected flaws.
The training must occur within 30 days of
the date the collector is notified of the error
and the resulting test cancellation. The
training must cover the subject matter
area(s) of the error that caused the
cancellation.
The error correction training must be
followed by a proficiency demonstration.
The demonstration must include three errorfree
mock collections, (two on the subject
matter of the error and one uneventful) that
are monitored and attested to in writing by a
qualified monitor.
Breath Alcohol Technicians/Screen Test
Technicians
Breath alcohol technicians (BATs) and
screen test technicians (STTs) are the only
people authorized to conduct DOT alcohol
tests. An STT can conduct only an alcohol
screen test, while a BAT can conduct both a
screen test and a confirmatory test. BATs
and STTs must meet the following
requirements:
Basic Information. BATs and STTs
must be knowledgeable about the alcohol
testing procedures set forth in 49 CFR Part
40, and the current DOT guidance. These
publications are available from the ODAPC
at http://www.dot.gov/ost/dapc.
Qualification Training. BATs and
STTs must undergo training that is in
accordance with the DOT Model BAT or
STT course, or an equivalent. The DOT
Model course is available for purchase from
the ODAPC at the above referenced Web
site. The qualifications training must
address the alcohol testing procedures
defined in Part 40 and the testing procedures
associated with the operation of the
Chapter 5. Training 5-9 August 2002