What Drug and Alcohol Training Must FRA Railroad Supervisors Receive?

Under 49 CFR 219.11(g), each supervisor responsible for regulated employees is trained in the signs and symptoms of alcohol and drug influence, intoxication and misuse. The training follows a program of instruction that is made available for inspection upon demand by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The rule excludes a working supervisor who is a co-worker.

At a minimum, the program provides information on:

• The acute behavioral and apparent physiological effects of alcohol
• The major drug groups on the controlled substances list
• Other impairing drugs
• The qualifying criteria for post-accident toxicological testing in subpart C of Part 219
• The role of the supervisor in post-accident collections described in subpart C

Section 219.11(g) does not state a minimum length of training or a recurrent training schedule. Rules for other DOT agencies set minutes, as covered in What Drug and Alcohol Training Does FTA Require for Transit Employers? and What Reasonable Cause Training Must FAA Supervisors Complete?. Recurrent training across DOT agencies is compared in Is Recurrent Reasonable Suspicion Training Required for DOT Supervisors?.

Learn Laws® offers FRA Reasonable Suspicion and Toxicological Testing Training, training for railroad supervisors on drug and alcohol signs, reasonable suspicion testing and FRA post-accident toxicological testing under Part 219.

Some trainer profiles in the MyDrugTesting.com directory list Non-DOT Reasonable Suspicion Training for Supervisors alongside the DOT version of that course.