SERVING IT RIGHT UPDATED EXAMS SCRIPTED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Duty Free Stores - ✔✔- All managers and servers, with the exception of ship
chandlers must have SIR certification
✔✔BC Liquor Store - ✔✔- All managers and sales staff at BC Liquor Stores must have
SIR certificates.
✔✔Manufacture Sampling Areas, On-Site Stores, Lounges and Special Event Areas -
✔✔- SIR certification is required for all licensees, managers and servers.
✔✔Rural Agency Stores - ✔✔- Rural agency stores (RAS) are liquor stores situated
within larger retail stores such as a grocery store and are typically found in more remote
locations
- They may sell all types of liquor. SIR certificates are required for agents and servers in
rural agency stores
✔✔Agents - ✔✔- All agents and sales staff must complete the SIR program, with the
exception of foreign representatives of foreign liquor manufacturers
✔✔Care Facilities - ✔✔- Staff responsible for the service of liquor to their patients,
residents and guests must complete the SIR program
✔✔Drink Responsibly - ✔✔- Alcohol is one of the top three leading risk factors for death
from cancer
- One in three people experience harm from someone else's drinking
- There are over 1,800 deaths, over 18,000 hospital admissions, and over 80,000
alcohol-related crimes every year in BC
- 40% of car crashes in BC are alcohol-related
- Healthcare and policing costs total $900+ million per year, almost equaling to the
revenue generated from alcohol
✔✔Alcohol is a Particular Problem - ✔✔- if the drinker is consuming other drugs,
operating a motor vehicle or pregnant
- The combination of alcohol with energy drinks have become increasingly popular - this
can be dangerous given the ability of energy drinks to mask feelings of intoxication,
making people feel less drunk than they really are
✔✔The Modern View of Alcohol - ✔✔1. Governments and the public are concerned
about various issues related to alcohol over-consumption, including chronic diseases
like cancer and cardiovascular disease, injuries and car crashes along with overall
public safety.
2. As a result, the Centre for Addictions Research of BC, the BC Ministry of Health, and
other organizations across Canada are promoting low-risk drinking guidelines.
, 3. Young people are more aware than ever before of alcohol-related issues, as is
evident in dry grads and designated-driver programs.
4. Laws and regulations have also changed as a result of the mounting evidence on the
harms related to alcohol. For example, injured parties from alcohol related incidents are
taking their cases to court, where, increasingly, judges assign a percentage of the fault
to commercial hosts.
5. Courts are placing an expanding responsibility on the owners, managers and staff of
licensed establishments to provide responsible beverage service.
✔✔The Impact of Responsible Beverage Service - ✔✔- Implementing a responsible
beverage service program in every alcohol-serving establishment in BC can decrease
service-related alcohol problems. - An RBS program provides servers, managers and
licensees with the knowledge necessary to meet their responsibilities, including
eliminating the sale and service of liquor to minors and reducing over-consumption of
alcohol in licensed establishments.
✔✔Safer Drinking Tips - ✔✔- Set limits for yourself and stick to them.
- Drink slowly. Have no more than 2 drinks in any 3 hours.
- For every drink of alcohol, have one non-alcoholic drink.
- Eat before and while you are drinking.
- Always consider your age, body weight and health problems that might suggest lower
limits.
- While drinking may provide health benefits for certain groups of people, do not start to
drink or increase your drinking for health benefits.
✔✔a "Drink" Means... - ✔✔- Beer 341 ml (12 oz.) 5% alcohol content
- Cider/Cooler 341 ml (12 oz.) 5% alcohol content
- Wine 142 ml (5 oz.) 12% alcohol content
- Distilled Alcohol (rye, gin, rum, etc.) 43 ml (1.5 oz.) 40% alcohol content
✔✔Your Limits - ✔✔- 10 drinks a week for women, with no more than 2 drinks a day
most days
- 15 drinks a week for men, with no more than 3 drinks a day most days
✔✔Special Occasions - ✔✔- Reduce your risk of injury and harm by drinking no more
than 3 drinks (for women) or 4 drinks (for men) on any single occasion.
- Plan to drink in a safe environment. Stay within the weekly limits outlined above in
Your limits.
✔✔When Zero's the Limit - ✔✔- driving a vehicle or using
- machinery and tools
- taking medicine or other drugs that interact with alcohol
- doing any kind of dangerous physical activity
- living with mental or physical health problems
- living with alcohol dependence
- pregnant or planning to be pregnant
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Duty Free Stores - ✔✔- All managers and servers, with the exception of ship
chandlers must have SIR certification
✔✔BC Liquor Store - ✔✔- All managers and sales staff at BC Liquor Stores must have
SIR certificates.
✔✔Manufacture Sampling Areas, On-Site Stores, Lounges and Special Event Areas -
✔✔- SIR certification is required for all licensees, managers and servers.
✔✔Rural Agency Stores - ✔✔- Rural agency stores (RAS) are liquor stores situated
within larger retail stores such as a grocery store and are typically found in more remote
locations
- They may sell all types of liquor. SIR certificates are required for agents and servers in
rural agency stores
✔✔Agents - ✔✔- All agents and sales staff must complete the SIR program, with the
exception of foreign representatives of foreign liquor manufacturers
✔✔Care Facilities - ✔✔- Staff responsible for the service of liquor to their patients,
residents and guests must complete the SIR program
✔✔Drink Responsibly - ✔✔- Alcohol is one of the top three leading risk factors for death
from cancer
- One in three people experience harm from someone else's drinking
- There are over 1,800 deaths, over 18,000 hospital admissions, and over 80,000
alcohol-related crimes every year in BC
- 40% of car crashes in BC are alcohol-related
- Healthcare and policing costs total $900+ million per year, almost equaling to the
revenue generated from alcohol
✔✔Alcohol is a Particular Problem - ✔✔- if the drinker is consuming other drugs,
operating a motor vehicle or pregnant
- The combination of alcohol with energy drinks have become increasingly popular - this
can be dangerous given the ability of energy drinks to mask feelings of intoxication,
making people feel less drunk than they really are
✔✔The Modern View of Alcohol - ✔✔1. Governments and the public are concerned
about various issues related to alcohol over-consumption, including chronic diseases
like cancer and cardiovascular disease, injuries and car crashes along with overall
public safety.
2. As a result, the Centre for Addictions Research of BC, the BC Ministry of Health, and
other organizations across Canada are promoting low-risk drinking guidelines.
, 3. Young people are more aware than ever before of alcohol-related issues, as is
evident in dry grads and designated-driver programs.
4. Laws and regulations have also changed as a result of the mounting evidence on the
harms related to alcohol. For example, injured parties from alcohol related incidents are
taking their cases to court, where, increasingly, judges assign a percentage of the fault
to commercial hosts.
5. Courts are placing an expanding responsibility on the owners, managers and staff of
licensed establishments to provide responsible beverage service.
✔✔The Impact of Responsible Beverage Service - ✔✔- Implementing a responsible
beverage service program in every alcohol-serving establishment in BC can decrease
service-related alcohol problems. - An RBS program provides servers, managers and
licensees with the knowledge necessary to meet their responsibilities, including
eliminating the sale and service of liquor to minors and reducing over-consumption of
alcohol in licensed establishments.
✔✔Safer Drinking Tips - ✔✔- Set limits for yourself and stick to them.
- Drink slowly. Have no more than 2 drinks in any 3 hours.
- For every drink of alcohol, have one non-alcoholic drink.
- Eat before and while you are drinking.
- Always consider your age, body weight and health problems that might suggest lower
limits.
- While drinking may provide health benefits for certain groups of people, do not start to
drink or increase your drinking for health benefits.
✔✔a "Drink" Means... - ✔✔- Beer 341 ml (12 oz.) 5% alcohol content
- Cider/Cooler 341 ml (12 oz.) 5% alcohol content
- Wine 142 ml (5 oz.) 12% alcohol content
- Distilled Alcohol (rye, gin, rum, etc.) 43 ml (1.5 oz.) 40% alcohol content
✔✔Your Limits - ✔✔- 10 drinks a week for women, with no more than 2 drinks a day
most days
- 15 drinks a week for men, with no more than 3 drinks a day most days
✔✔Special Occasions - ✔✔- Reduce your risk of injury and harm by drinking no more
than 3 drinks (for women) or 4 drinks (for men) on any single occasion.
- Plan to drink in a safe environment. Stay within the weekly limits outlined above in
Your limits.
✔✔When Zero's the Limit - ✔✔- driving a vehicle or using
- machinery and tools
- taking medicine or other drugs that interact with alcohol
- doing any kind of dangerous physical activity
- living with mental or physical health problems
- living with alcohol dependence
- pregnant or planning to be pregnant
