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
A great training course
This course is informative and easy to follow as it move along at a good pace.
modules were easy to understand format
The course was really nice and helped me remember a whole lot of things
Made it very easy to learn and obtain the information needed to take your exam
good work
great experience
Very simple concepts to grab and very easy and smooth completion process.
The food handler class was quick and easy to fit into my schedule
It is not the first course i have taken, but it has been awhile, this was definitely a quality experience
Very easy Informative and helpful 👍🏿
This course was very insightful and refreshing. I feel that I now have a clearer understanding of how important food safety in kitchen spaces. From learning how to properly wash hands, handle raw and ready to eat foods, and the importance of keeping foods out of the danger zone. The lessons that especially peaked my interest were cleaning and sanitation and preventing cross contamination. This is very important and everyone show be taught this lesson. I feel that I am more confident and prepared in my ability to ensure appropriate business practices while also protecting the health of my customers.
Yes, I got distracted and bored at times. but this was much less than most courses. The voice was pleasant to listen to and I liked the drawings.
This was very easy and efficient test.
Good
I love it
Me gustó mucho la manera del curso es didáctico y fácil para el aprendizaje
This course was very informative, I like the choice if short videos instead of paragraphs.
Food Manager Reviews
4.9
Different modules allow you to complete the training in different sittings at your own pace. The short quizzes after each module makes it easier to retain the information you are learning. There is a lot of visual representation of the information you are learning as well.
Awesome!
It was informative
very informative and easy to use course modules interactive as well
It is a easy to understand course, appreciate it being self paced. A lot to take in but very informative.
This was super easy and informative.
It was so easy
simple to follow, great design and flow.
The modules were very easy to follow, all of them were very engaging and interesting.
Thank you for providing good and thorough training for a new small business starting out from a home kitchen (cottage food). I hope to pass my exam with flying colors!
Easy to follow along and well laid out.
Course was very informative, easy to understand and navigate. Would highly recommend!
It was very theural
This course did a great job of fully explaining all information in detail at a manageable pace. I would definitely recommend to others in the future.
Easy to follow and informative 👍
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
The course is awesome
The course is awesome
it was a great course it really goes into detail about all the rules everyone should know about selling alcohol.
I would like to see the correct answer identified when my response was incorrect. How else to improve/learn?
Very good course. Easy and informative. I would recommend to anyone needing RBS training.
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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Food Manager Reviews
4.9
Personally, I felt the training was very detailed and walked through everything you needed to know for food and equipment safety. They went to a detailed breakdown of everything from washing your hands to training your employees.
I loved that the course was very interactive.
Highly recommended
5 Star.
It was easy to understand and the exam was straightforward.
thank you
Learned a lot in a fun way! Thank you!
Simple and easy to understand, overall great course!
Easy and fun!
Long but very self explanatory course. Very informative and very helpful to getting me to understand and pass final exam.
it is important to know the basics of food safety and this course makes a great job with it
GOOOOOO NUGGETS!
GOOOO NUGGETS
very good
I found the information and the way it was presented to be clear and informative.
It was a lot of information and it took a lot of time. I definently recommend using notes
I really like the info it given in this course.
Alcohol Training Reviews
4.8
The course is awesome
The course is awesome
it was a great course it really goes into detail about all the rules everyone should know about selling alcohol.
I would like to see the correct answer identified when my response was incorrect. How else to improve/learn?
Very good course. Easy and informative. I would recommend to anyone needing RBS training.
Food Allergen Reviews
5.0
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Harassment Training Review
4.9
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