RSA course: The true cost of no training
Why do I suggest people who serve booze be doing an RSA course? Let's take a look at the figures.
Approximately 2b people drink alcohol worldwide and around 76 million of those have alcoholism or alcohol behavioural issues. It also causes about 1.8 million deaths a year or 3.2% of all deaths worldwide. Around 6 percent of male deaths are related to alcohol and around 1 in 10 fatalities in people from 15 to 29 is from alcohol-related causes.
It increases the chances of things like fights, sexual assault, killing, graffitti and so on. Around 71 people die every day from alcohol related car accidents and about 25 of those are children. Here's where it gets interesting.
About forty percent of all boozing happens outside the home, at places serving alcohol. So not all the blame for this worldwide epidemic of alcohol fuelled death, destruction, money wasting, dead children and so on rests with the individuals doing the drinking. A series of people decided to serve some fool too many drinks. But can we rightly blame the server?
Well, that's not an easy question to answer, because if a server does their RSA course and strictly enforced the guidelines for responsible service of alcohol, they would likely be fired for not selling enough alcohol. If they are not serving responsibly, they are to a degree, letting that person become drunk and in some way are a bit responsible for what they do. Look, I've worked in bars before and the reality is, people are there to loosen up, have a party, have a few drinks, maybe get lucky, listen to some music, dance...in short they are there to have fun.
In reality, we are not there to prevent people from having a good time. But, some of those people go on to get violent, drink and drive and so on. It's impossible for bar staff to know who's going to do bad things and who's just there for a good time.What we can do is cut off thimble heads who show certain behaviours, are rude, unsteady on their feet, glassy eyed etc.
Luckily most workplaces back staff in these situations. Responsible service of alcohol rests on one simple concept, a duty of care. You need to do an RSA course and make sure it gives you a valid RSA certificate for your State. Find one that can be done completely online because they are safe, easy and generally cost less than classroom training. Check the laws for your State because in Australia, rules vary between QLD, WA, SA and NT.
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