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
loved it. very helpful and at my own pace
It’s thanks to this food handler’s training course that I now know the proper ways to store, handle, prepare, cook, serve, and maintain the safest temperature for any given food item. Unfortunately, due to the robotic computerized voice and disingenuous health inspector avatar, it makes it difficult to stay properly immersed and focused on the training course without a living human presence.
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Course was informative and helpful.
Excellent program
Excellent program
great course
Perfect course, easy to comprehend.
The site was user-friendly and easy to navigate.
Too many modules and many are too short. Some have one sentence. makes it boring and time consuming.
It was great! I learned a lot.
The videos are short and to the point.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
This training was very to the point effective plain and simple. Very detailed learning experience.
The course was smooth. I like the periodic quizzes. I would’ve liked to have left my review after my practice test so I know how much the materials prepared me for the practice (I understand the limitations of prepping for the actual test). But it was easy to navigate, no tech problems, and gave me ideas for my shop that I plan on implementing.
Thorough, captivating, easy to move through program!
I really appreciated the thoroughness of this training. Also, it was very helpful having the review quizzes located all throughout the modules. I learned so many new things that I wasn’t aware of and will begin practicing immediately.
Good content and interactive experience. Thank you. AAA! 🙂
well done
I will give a complete review once i have completed my study exams and taken my exam. until then I have enjoyed the class this far and have learned a lot. we give full review once finished.
greate course
Great
I appreciate the way that the units where broken down and the information given was clear and concise.
Great course and I learned so much!
Very educational!
Thorough and well done with the graphics
This training was very thorough. The Modules were very easy to follow and the review questions were a great follow up to each chapter. Look forward to apply the knowledge i have gained in this course.
This training was convenient and completed on my own time schedule. I appreciate that it was online.
Some of the information came and went a little too quickly on the slide show. I did need to pause and repeat a few of the screens to be sure I understood what it was telling me.
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
there a lot of information that help me understand how to be better at serving alcohol
Not fun but informative as it should!
Great Training
Completed in under 2 hours and was very clear!
short, and straight to the point training.
See above. You need to have an gear/option to change playback speed.
Mal
though it was great
great training
N/A
real easy just have to pay attention
Not complicated. Definitely uses a lot of common sense.
I strongly recommend it to everyong who needs it.
This course is very good. Through systematic learning, I have leared a lot of practical knowledge and mathods ,knowed precautions. I strongly recommend it to everyong who needs it.
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
Great
Good course
the training program was informative and insightful and will definitely help manage the establishment safe.
I loved using it. It is all female owned. All women ran and it is absolutely amazing. Explains things clear gets to the point helps you get your certificate. There’s other things you can learn on here are utilize this website lol I recommended everybody I used to go through serve safe, but now I will always be going through them 10 out of 10.
This course was interactive and easy to understand. It was very informative and makes me feel safe and excited for my new adventure. The health of my future customers is important to me and this course has set me on the right path.
The videos were easy and locking the modules makes sure you watch the videos. I just wish there was an option to speed or slow down the videos because I felt they were a tad slow. Overall, would use this again for renewing my food handlers card.
Training was easy to follow, I liked the pictures, how it was laid out and the summaries at the end of the modules.
It was an informative course and helped me learn a lot.
Its interactive, simple and shown at a good pace so you can keep up and review before moving on
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
there a lot of information that help me understand how to be better at serving alcohol
Not fun but informative as it should!
Great Training
Completed in under 2 hours and was very clear!
short, and straight to the point training.
See above. You need to have an gear/option to change playback speed.
Mal
though it was great
great training
N/A
real easy just have to pay attention
Not complicated. Definitely uses a lot of common sense.
I strongly recommend it to everyong who needs it.
This course is very good. Through systematic learning, I have leared a lot of practical knowledge and mathods ,knowed precautions. I strongly recommend it to everyong who needs it.
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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