Breath Alcohol Testing (BAT) Courses
MEDI Sponsored Certification Training for Breath Alcohol Technicians
MEDI offers training for certification and
recertification of Breath Alcohol Technicians (BAT).
Two training options are available:
Option 1: You arrange to have a
course offered at your facility. This option
provides training for one to six persons at a fee of
$1,700.00 for the course. An additional six trainees
may be accommodated for an additional fee of $250.00
for each additional trainee.
This option offers you the greatest flexibility for
scheduling your training needs and you are not
subject to travel and per diem expenses for each
person trained.
CMI, Inc, certifies this training and they have
established minimum training requirements. Contact
MEDI at 1-800-736-6334 for additional information.
Option 2: You enroll your employees
requiring training at one of the training programs
offered by MEDI and scheduled periodically
throughout the year. These courses are offered with
sufficient advance notice to allow appropriate
staffing arrangements. The current fee for this
course is $325.00 per trainee. This option offers
less flexibility because the course date is
pre-arranged.
Recertification Training
Once certified as a Breath Alcohol Technician,
recertification is required at five year intervals.
Both training options, described above, are offered.
The fee for one to six trainees is $950.00. Six
additional trainees may be accommodated at an
additional fee of $175.00 for each trainee.
The current fee for one of the recertification
training programs offered by MEDI and scheduled
periodically throughout the year is $295.00.
Certified Breath Alcohol Technicians are advised to
be aware of their specific recertification
requirements so that appropriate advance planning
assures timely compliance.
MEDI offers a course of instruction in breath
alcohol technician (BAT) training for those
interested in becoming certified as a Breath Alcohol
Technician or a BAT Train-the-Trainer Certification.
Training and certification are specific to the
following CMI Intoxilyzer breath alcohol testing
instrument models: Intoxilyzer 200 and 200D, and
Intoxilyzer 400 and 400PA. The course offered
follows guidelines established by the U.S.
Department of Transportation, Office of Drug Policy
and Compliance in their publication, BREATH ALCOHOL
TECHNICIAN TRAINING: DOT MODEL COURSE. The purpose
of this training is to ensure that persons
conducting breath alcohol testing of regulated
workers perform services in a consistent and uniform
manner. It is apparent that consistency and
uniformity are essential during legal proceedings
and add confidence in the testing process to persons
subject to testing. This course combines both
procedural training and device proficiency training.
A Certificate of Course Completion documents
procedural training and tester proficiency on a
specified breath alcohol test instrument.
Instrument certification training is completed on a
full single day. The course begins at 8:00 am and
ends approximately at 5:00 pm. These times are
suggested as reasonable approximations but may vary
somewhat depending on specific requirements of
individual participants.
Trainees must be prepared to complete certification
training during a single day and satisfactory
demonstration of competence includes a passing score
(70% or better) on a required final examination. The
training day is concluded when all trainees have
satisfactorily completed procedural training,
instrument training and the course written
examination. Please note that the training day may
go beyond 5:00 pm and trainees must be prepared for
this possibility.
Training breath alcohol technicians includes two
separate training elements: training for a specified
instrument and training on knowledge of procedures
and the regulation. A breath alcohol technician is
certified on both substantive knowledge and to a
specific instrument.
What you bring to the course:
- One of the CMI Intoxilyzer instrument models listed above for each two trainees. Note that it is necessary to have two persons assigned to each instrument during the training sessions. If you have an instrument and only one person to be trained, then perhaps you can enlist participation of someone from another source to join with you.
- At least one standard gas calibration cylinder for each two trainees, tygon tubing to gas cylinder interface (available from MEDI and at the course for $9.55 if you do not have this).
- An appropriate regulator for each instrument used in the training.
- A sufficient number of mouthpieces to accommodate multiple tests for each trainee. (A trainee may reuse a mouthpiece for some of the training exercises).
What is provided at the course and included in the course fee:
- Course presentation materials enclosed in a 3-ring binder
- Required examination
- MEDI Certificate of course completion and certification
- Certification as a BAT from CMI (the additional fee for this certification is included in the course fee)
The Train-the-Trainer Course
The Train-the-Trainer course participants will
complete the certification program described above
along with an additional half-day training on the
following day. Successful completion of this program
qualifies the participant to train BAT Technicians
to support their company program. To qualify for
this training, the participant's company must be
prepared to comply with a training licensing
agreement and a proprietary information agreement
with CMI.
Course Fees
Certification Course
(Full Day) Course Date and location to be
determined.
Cost: $325.00
Train-The-Trainer Course
(1 ½ Days) Course Date and location to be
determined.
Cost: $750.00
(There is a required licensing fee with CMI of
$500.00. The agreement is for two years and there is
an agreement renewal fee of $50.00. The CMI
certification for each BAT trained is $35.00.)
To Register:
If you are interested in our Breath Alcohol
Technician course for March 1, 2012 and/or
Train-the-Trainer Course for March 1 & 2,
2012, please download and fill out the form
below, then send it back to us either by email, mail
or fax and we will confirm your attendance.
Click
Here for the March 1 & 2, 2012 Registration
Form
Or, if March 1 & 2, 2012 will not work with
your schedule, please download and fill out the form
below, then send it back to us either by email, mail
or fax and you will be added to our waiting
list. When six or more participants are on the
list, a new course date will be scheduled.
BAT
and Train-the-Trainer Course Wait List
