Education is the best tool to prevent, minimize, or eliminate foodborne illnesses and food hazards.
Training helps reduce or eliminate food safety hazards before they become major issues.
Reducing food safety complaints will create a happier workplace and in turn increase productivity.
The TABC Texas Training Program is an online course designed to educate alcohol servers on responsible alcohol service. It helps meet the legal requirements set by the Texas Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (TABC) and promotes safe, compliant alcohol service practices across the state.
To begin, create an account, pay the registration fee, and register for the course. Once registered, you can start the training anytime and access it online from anywhere.
The Texas Tabc Online Course lasts approximately 1.5 hours and can be completed at your own pace. You can stop and start the course whenever it’s convenient for you.
While participation is currently voluntary, anyone working in the alcohol service industry in Texas—including bartenders, servers, and managers, should complete Alcohol Server Training to ensure safe service and potential liability protection.
To earn your Alcohol Server Certificate, you need to score 70% or higher on the final exam. You’ll be given up to two attempts to pass.
Yes! The Texas Responsible Beverage Service Training is available in both English and Spanish, making it accessible to a wider audience.
You can check your progress through your account, which displays the portion of the course you’ve completed and what’s remaining.
Upon completing the course and passing the exam, you’ll receive a Certificate of Completion available to download instantly as well as by email, verifying your Alcohol Server Certificate.
The TABC Texas training promotes responsible alcohol service, helps reduce the risk of serving minors or intoxicated persons, and supports compliance with Texas Alcohol Laws.
TABC certification isn’t required by Texas state law, but many employers strongly recommend or require it. That’s because it offers legal protection under the Safe Harbor Act. This act shields employers from administrative penalties by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) if an employee accidentally serves alcohol to a minor or intoxicated person—but only if certain conditions are met.
To qualify for this protection:
The employee must not be the owner or company officer.
The employee must have a current TABC certification from an approved school.
All staff involved in selling, serving, or delivering alcohol (and their direct managers) must be certified within 30 days of hire.
The business must have written policies on responsible alcohol service, and employees must read and understand them.
Employers must not encourage or pressure employees to break the law.
Getting certified not only protects your employer, but also helps you make smarter, safer decisions when serving alcohol and interacting with customers.
The TABC Texas Training Program follows guidelines set forth by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, which outlines all rules related to Alcoholic Beverage Regulation in the state.
The TABC certificate is valid for 2 years.
The training is approved by the Texas Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (TABC).
For more info:
TABC Headquarters
5806 Mesa Dr, Austin, TX 78731
Food Handler Reviews
4.9
Truly great
Excellent course! It served as a valuable refresher, revisiting tasks I frequently performed during my previous employment in the restaurant industry
Good refresher for some information and I learned some new things also
Detailed lessons
Awesome job
This exam was a great visual exam showing examples and using up to date graphics that allowed you to retain the information. Thank you. Great job.
Excellent
Put together well
The course was perfectly great explained.
Easy to absorb, understand, and pass the certification quiz.
Everyone who handles food should take this
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
The course was easy to follow and kept me engaged.
Had to rewatch multiple long sections because the modules kept glitching out. Wouldn’t recognize that I finished the section and made me do them again. Hard time loading a number of videos, scheduling my test was a pain. This course does the bare minimum, it functions, kind of. You get what you pay for.
Liked being able to go back to do extra reviews, take notes and make sure I was understanding correctly.
Great course! Easy to remember
It is impossible to copy/paste items in the online course, which means you have to type/write out notes that could easily have been copied. The speed is okay for just listening, but too fast to take notes, and there is no speed control, so you have to keep pausing the video. The screen is such that the pause button is below a laptop screen, so you have to scroll down to hit pause, which sometimes means I couldn’t pause fast enough. The videos do not allow you to back up on the first play, so if you miss a note you need to finish the whole video before you can try to hunt for the part you missed. Last, why not just include a pdf or word doc of the notes written out, that would make it much easier to get the notes but keep going through the content.
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
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Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
It is great learning platforms
Simple easy to understand
It was easy to get done. Test went well, butI would like to know my score.
good program
This page was extremely helpful in teaching me how to properly handle food. It explained important safety guidelines such as the temperature danger zone, proper cooking and reheating temperatures, safe thawing methods, and how to avoid cross-contamination. The information was presented in a clear and easy-to-understand way, with practical tips that I can use every day in the kitchen.
I especially appreciated how it emphasized the importance of using a food thermometer and keeping foods out of the danger zone. Whether you’re new to food handling or reviewing for a certification like ServSafe, this page is a great resource.
Highly recommend it for anyone who wants to handle food safely and prevent foodborne illness.
The training offers clear and precise information and explanation on the important issues when preparing food.
This diamond package was a great eye opener and a great way to understand what it means to be a food manager, and I want to thank the creators of the course and how it opened new doors of possibilities and made me a better manager.
Thank you.
I like that it was at my own pace.
This is a great course and very easy to use
It’s very easy to understand instructions and easy to learn
So slow and can’t skip. If you move to the next module it is locked until you complete the previous one. It starts over if you move from a current one without finishing.
easy to follow and remember important tips and informations
Course was great. Improper grammar and wording.
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
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5.0
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4.9
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