Liquor liability consulting involves a comprehensive review of your alcohol sales and service practices, ensuring compliance with laws and minimizing risks. It's vital for protecting your business's reputation and legal standing.

Our compliance review delves into all aspects of alcohol sales and service operations, including identification processes, staff training, and adherence to state and local laws.

Policy analysis provides valuable insights for enhancing your alcohol-related policies and procedures. House policy issues such as checking ID's, over serving a customer, intervention with an intoxicated customer, early signs of intoxication or drug use detection, confrontation strategies, and municipal compliance checks, are all common policies and practices that many operators will pay less attention to, but can cost them everything if not practiced on a regular basis. Policy analysis and adjustments ensures your house policies align perfectly with your unique business needs, reducing liabilities and improving compliance.

Our staff training programs equip your team with the knowledge and skills needed for responsible alcohol sales and service. They are essential to ensure compliance, reduce risks, and empower your staff for success. We offer training on Identification Techniques, Prevention and Intervention, Conflict Resolution, Effective Management Oversight, and Dam Shop Liabilities.

Our experienced guest speakers are experts in responsible alcohol service, compliance, and safety. They are former owners/operators and law enforcement, dram shop liability experts, hospitality trainers and educators, and industry reps. They cover a wide range of topics, including legal changes and emerging trends in alcohol service.

To book our guest speakers for your event, simply contact us with event details and preferred topics. We'll work with you to arrange a knowledgeable and engaging presentation.

Yes, we provide engaging podcasts and webinars (free of charge) that cover various liquor liability topics, helping you stay informed and prepared in the industry.

Absolutely! Our staff training programs are highly customizable to address your unique concerns and requirements, ensuring optimal alignment with your business goals.

If you have more than 25 employees, seasonal help, high turnover, or logistical problems for attendance, we reccommend trainer certification.

$350 for your initial application and license, and $350 each year for renewal.

The cost of the Online BASSET Trainer Program plus all of your classroom materials is $425 and the live class is $550. Your annual BASSET Instructor License is an additional $350, for a total first year cost of $775-$900. The average BASSET instructor charges $35 per student to conduct a live class. That means if you had 30 employees to train in that first year, you would save $150-$275 in that first year alone becoming a trainer. Each year after that, you would only have the $350 license renewal fee to contend with.

You should receive your license 2-3 weeks after you apply.

The short answer is yes, but it would be a shorter modified version of your original class.

Yes, as long as they have successfully taken and passed the BASSET Instructor Program and have received their certification.

No. Multiple certified instructors from your organization can all teach under one license.

No. Once certified and licensed, you can teach the program anywhere in Illinois.

The 4-hour program is mandated for operations that have on-premise alcohol consumption (i.e. bars, restaurants, banquet halls, etc..). The 3-hour program is for retail operations only (i.e. liquor stores, grocery stores, etc..).

No!

You can only submit your BASSET roster excel spreadsheet via email on the first Tuesday or Thursday following the completion of your class. The ILCC will not accept, and does not recognize, class roster forms that are not submitted on one of those days.

No!

No. Instructors will be required to offer BASSET in both English and Spanish but can refer all Spanish speaking students to a licensed BASSET Instructor that teaches the course in Spanish. You can find bi-lingual instructors for referrals on the ILCC's website.

Outside of Cook County BASSET Student certifications have a 3-year expiration date, inside Cook County they have a 2-year expiration date.

Although the ILCC recognizes TIPS and ServSafe as acceptable substitutes for the BASSET certification, many municipalities and companies do not. Check with your local government office or HR department for clarification.

Yes

You will have to re-register (and re-pay) for another program

Inside Cook County, No. Outiside of Cook County, check with your local municipality or employer before registering for this program. This does NOT apply to the Online BASSET Instructor Program!

Yes

If your license is still valid, no. Just contact the ILCC to inquire about getting a new laminated BASSET card. If your license has expired then yes.