Supervisor and DER Training

Reasonable Suspicion Training That Holds Up

Your supervisors are the ones who have to spot impairment, document it, and send a driver for a test. Rise trains them to do it right, live or online, and keeps the certificates ready for your next audit.

Training a new supervisor this week? Call 713-439-1896

The Problem

An Untrained Supervisor Can Sink a Test

A reasonable suspicion test is only as good as the decision behind it. If the supervisor who made the call was never trained, or the observations were not written down in time, the test can fail an audit or a challenge. And the driver who should have been pulled may still be behind the wheel.

What We Teach

Two Trainings, Two Roles

  • Reasonable Suspicion Training

    Supervisors who oversee drivers and other safety-sensitive employees

    • Signs of drug use and alcohol misuse: physical, behavioral, speech, and performance
    • How to make and document the decision, including the 24-hour rule for drug observations
    • How to approach the employee and remove them from duty
    • Getting the test done on time, including the 2-hour and 8-hour alcohol windows
    • Meets the FMCSA minimum of 60 minutes on alcohol and 60 minutes on drugs
  • DER Training

    The Designated Employer Representative who runs your program day to day

    • What the DER is responsible for under 49 CFR Part 40
    • Receiving results and removing employees from safety-sensitive work
    • Post-accident, return-to-duty, and follow-up testing decisions
    • Clearinghouse reporting duties
    • Keeping the records an auditor will ask for
  • LiveIn person or virtual, with time for your supervisors' questions
  • OnlineSelf-paced courses your team can finish on their schedule
  • CertificatesCompletion records kept on file for audits
Safety Training and Consulting

Need More Than DOT Training?

Rise also offers OSHA and industry safety courses, custom training built around your hazards, in-person safety meetings, defensive driving, safety policy development with legal review, compliance audits, and case management.

We had a major OSHA violation and no cohesive safety program. Rise didn't just provide training. They audited our entire operation, rewrote our policies, and coached us through the OSHA response. Our incident rate dropped, and the inspectors said our program was exemplary.

Patricia Luna

Safety Director · Manufacturing facility, 200+ employees

  • 60%Reduction in incidents
  • ZeroViolations on audit
  • 95%Training completion rate

Three Steps to Trained Supervisors

  1. 01

    Tell Us Who Needs Training.

    How many supervisors and DERs, and which DOT agency covers your team.

  2. 02

    Pick Live or Online.

    We schedule a session or send course access.

  3. 03

    We Keep the Records.

    Certificates are filed with your program records, ready for an audit.

Supervisor Training Questions

Get Your Supervisors Ready

Tell us how many supervisors and DERs you have. Rise will set up the training and keep the records.

Prefer to talk? Call 713-439-1896

Official Sources

This page is general information from Rise Workforce Solutions, not legal advice. Confirm the training rules for your operation with the DOT agency that covers your employees.