Designated Employer Representative (DER) Training for DOT-Regulated Workplaces
Step into the DER role with the authority and confidence a DOT-regulated testing programme demands.
Start Course Now →If you have been appointed to act as a Designated Employer Representative, this advanced course shows you exactly what the role asks of you and how to carry it out. You will work through the DER's authority, the regulations that govern your programme, and the day-to-day decisions that keep testing compliant. It is built for the person who signs off on results and answers to an auditor, not for the casual observer.
Walk out able to actually help.
You can explain the DER's authority, accountability and legal standing within a DOT-regulated workplace.
You can arrange testing and oversee the service agents in the collection, laboratory, MRO and SAP chain.
You know how to protect confidential information and take the right immediate action on verified drug and alcohol outcomes.
You can keep the records and reporting that let your programme survive an audit.
Built around the moment it matters.
The DER Role: Authority, Accountability and Legal Standing
Defines what a DER is, who may and may not serve, and where accountability and liability sit.
Programme Coverage and the Regulatory Framework
Shows you how to determine who is covered and how Part 40 works alongside the operating-agency rules.
Standing Up and Running the Programme
Covers implementing employer policy, working with consortia and third-party administrators, and managing the random testing pool.
Coordinating the Testing Process and Service Agents
Walks through arranging tests, the laboratory, MRO and SAP chain, and overseeing your service agents.
Receiving and Acting on Test Results
Explains how to protect confidential information and respond to verified alcohol and drug results.
Difficult Situations and Refusal Determinations
Guides you through insufficient-specimen procedures and deciding when a refusal to test has occurred.
Testing Events and Triggers
Sets out post-accident, reasonable-suspicion and pre-employment testing, including previous-employer history.
Return-to-Duty, Follow-Up and the Clearinghouse
Covers the return-to-duty process and your FMCSA Clearinghouse duties.
Recordkeeping, Reporting and Audit Readiness
Details the records and MIS reporting you must hold and how to survive an audit.
Capstone: The DER in Action
Brings it together through integrated decision simulations that put your judgement to the test.
Where this learning adds value.
Build practical capability you can apply immediately, and evidence of structured professional development.
Every programme sits on a pathway, so you can progress from foundation into the specialist streams your role or sector demands.
Contractors and suppliers are routinely asked to evidence trained personnel — structured training supports that case where the course is relevant.
Digital credentials can be independently verified online by employers and credential reviewers. Recognition requirements may vary by employer, jurisdiction, profession and certification type.
A certificate that carries weight.
Apexis Certificate of Completion
Issued by Apexis Risk Innovation Group on successful completion of the programme requirements. Where digital verification is enabled, employers can verify the credential record online.
Apexis Risk Innovation Group is an authorised TEEX Cooperative Learning Center. Selected Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) programmes delivered through Apexis are clearly identified by course name and code.
Who you learn it from matters.
Selected TEEX programmes are available through Apexis Risk Innovation Group, an authorised Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Cooperative Learning Center, and are clearly identified by course name and code.
Programmes are designed by people who have done the job, around real workplace needs rather than textbook abstractions.
Content is contextualised to the operating environments our clients actually work in — energy, industrial, public safety and emergency response.
Every programme identifies who issues the credential, what it represents and how it can be verified.
Ready when you are.
- Self-paced online modules
- Ten guided modules with focused lessons
- Integrated decision simulations
- Advanced-level material for appointed DERs
- Certificate of completion