\n \n
The four courses aim to help delegates understand the facts about drug & alcohol misuse in the workplace including legal considerations\, how to compile a substance misuse policy and interpretation of reports generated by the laboratory.
\n \nCollection Of
ficer Training
\n Who should att
end: Anyone who undertakes Chain of Custody c
ollections\; OHA / OHNAs\; Occupational Health Phy
sicians\; GPs\; HR Managers\; Health & Safety Offi
cers\; trade union members
\n Course cont
ent:
\n - Preparing a site for collectio
n
\n - Mechanics of a urine collection\, trou
bleshooting and common errors
\n - Collection
demonstration for back-to-lab and Point of Collec
tion [POC] devices
\n - Breathalyser selectio
n\, calibration and verification with demonstratio
n
\n - What happens to the samples in the lab
oratory
\n - Oral fluid and hair collections<
br />\n Cost: £300 per delegate
\n <
br />\n MRO Training\, part 1
\n Who should attend: OHA / OHNAs\; Occ
upational Health Physicians\; GPs
\n Cour
se content:
\n - The role of the Medica
l Review Officer [MRO] including the Medical Revie
w
\n - Laboratory process
\n - Adulterat
ion checks and how donors try and mislead the test
ing
\n - Drug metabolism looking at the fact
and fiction behind positive samples
\n - Eval
uation and debate of Chain of Custody cases throug
h result interpretation
\n Cost: £30
0 per delegate
\n
\n MRO Traini
ng\, part 2
\n Who should attend
: OHA / OHNAs\; Occupational Health Physician
s\; GPs
\n Course content:
\n
- Use of alternative biological samples such as ha
ir\, oral fluid\, sweat and sweat vapour
\n -
Pros and cons of Point of Collection [POC] device
s\, how to develop protocols consistent with the p
rinciples of Chain of Custody
\n - Quality an
d accreditation\, European Guidelines for Workplac
e Drugs Testing\, minimum service level to expect<
br />\n - Alcohol including biomarkers such as EtG
/EtS\, FAEE
\n - Evaluation via MCQs
\n
Cost: £300 per delegate
\n
\n
Policy Workshop
\n Who
should attend: HR Managers\; Health & Safety
Officers\; Occupational Health professionals\; tra
de union members
\n Course content:<
br />\n - Drawing up a draft substance misuse poli
cy
\n - Timelines for policy introduction and
educational requirements
\n Cost: £
185 per delegate for a half-day
\n
\n O
n-site courses can be tailored to your requirement
s. Please call for further information and details
of costs
Venues and dates ava ilable throughout 2026:
\n \n| \n | \n | \n \n | \n \n < span style="font-family:Aptos\,sans-serif">MRO1 \n | \n \n | \n
| \n Zoom UK/GMT \n | \n
\n | \n \n
| \n \n 04-Feb \n | \n \n 05-F eb \n | \n
| \n Zoom UK/GMT+1 \n | \n \n < p style="margin-bottom:11px">13-Apr\n | \n\n
14-Apr \n | \n \n
15-Apr \n | \n \
n 16-Apr \n | \n
| \n Zoom UK/GMT+1 \n | \n \n 03-Aug \n | \n \n 04-Aug \n | \n \n 05-Aug \n | \n \n 06-Aug \n | \n
| \n 05-Oct \n | \n \n | \n \n
| \n \n 08-Oct \n | \n
Dates and start times can be adapted to y
our time zone. Please contact Helen Vangikar for f
urther details.
\n
\n All delegates wil
l receive an information pack and certificate(s)\,
and MRO1 and MRO2 are accredited and qualify for
CPD hours from the Faculty of Occupational Medicin
e of the Royal College of Physicians [UK].
To view further course details please click < a href="https://www.som.org.uk/sites/som.org.uk/fi les/civicrm/persist/contribute/files/2026%20traini ng%20courses%20Zoom%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">h ere.
\n \nTo reserve a place or enquire about on-site training\, please contact Helen Van gikar\, Toxicology Consultant: Mobile: +44 (0)7856 979961\; Email: helen@helenvangikar.com\; Web: www.helen vangikar.com
DESCRIPTION: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The four courses aim to h elp delegates understand the facts about drug & al cohol misuse in the workplace including legal cons iderations\, how to compile a substance misuse pol icy and interpretation of reports generated by the laboratory.\n \n \n \n Collection Officer Trainin g\n \n Who should attend: Anyone who undertakes Ch ain of Custody collections\; OHA / OHNAs\; Occupat ional Health Physicians\; GPs\; HR Managers\; Heal th & Safety Officers\; trade union members\n \n Co urse content:\n \n - Preparing a site for collecti on\n \n - Mechanics of a urine collection\, troubl eshooting and common errors\n \n - Collection demo nstration for back-to-lab and Point of Collection [POC] devices\n \n - Breathalyser selection\, cali bration and verification with demonstration\n \n - What happens to the samples in the laboratory\n \ n - Oral fluid and hair collections\n \n Cost: £30 0 per delegate\n \n \n \n MRO Training\, part 1\n \n Who should attend: OHA / OHNAs\; Occupational H ealth Physicians\; GPs\n \n Course content: \n \n - The role of the Medical Review Officer [MRO] inc luding the Medical Review\n \n - Laboratory proces s\n \n - Adulteration checks and how donors try an d mislead the testing\n \n - Drug metabolism looki ng at the fact and fiction behind positive samples \n \n - Evaluation and debate of Chain of Custody cases through result interpretation\n \n Cost: £30 0 per delegate\n \n \n \n MRO Training\, part 2\n \n Who should attend: OHA / OHNAs\; Occupational H ealth Physicians\; GPs\n \n Course content: \n \n - Use of alternative biological samples such as ha ir\, oral fluid\, sweat and sweat vapour\n \n - Pr os and cons of Point of Collection [POC] devices\, how to develop protocols consistent with the prin ciples of Chain of Custody\n \n - Quality and accr editation\, European Guidelines for Workplace Drug s Testing\, minimum service level to expect\n \n - Alcohol including biomarkers such as EtG/EtS\, FA EE\n \n - Evaluation via MCQs\n \n Cost: £300 per delegate\n \n \n \n Policy Workshop \n \n Who shou ld attend: HR Managers\; Health & Safety Officers\ ; Occupational Health professionals\; trade union members\n \n Course content:\n \n - Drawing up a d raft substance misuse policy\n \n - Timelines for policy introduction and educational requirements\n \n Cost: £185 per delegate for a half-day\n \n \n \n On-site courses can be tailored to your requir ements. Please call for further information and de tails of costs\n \n \n \n Venues and dates availab le throughout 2026:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Policy\, afternoon\n \n \n \n \n Collection Officer\n \n \n \n \n MRO1\n \n \n \n \n MRO2\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom UK/GMT\n \n \n \n \n 02- Feb\n \n \n \n \n 03-Feb\n \n \n \n \n 04-Feb\n \n \n \n \n 05-Feb\n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom UK/GMT+1\n \n \ n \n \n 13-Apr\n \n \n \n \n 14- Apr\n \n \n \n \n 15-Apr\n \n \n \n \n 16-Apr\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom UK/GMT+1\n \n \n \n \n 03-Aug\n \n \ n \n \n 04-Aug\n \n \n \n \n 05- Aug\n \n \n \n \n 06-Aug\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom UK/GMT+1\n \n \n \n \n 05-Oct\n \n \n \n \n 06-Oct\n \n \ n \n \n 07-Oct\n \n \n \n \n 08- Oct\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dates and star t times can be adapted to your time zone. Please c ontact Helen Vangikar for further details.\n \n \n \n All delegates will receive an information pack and certificate(s)\, and MRO1 and MRO2 are accred ited and qualify for CPD hours from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Phy sicians [UK].\n \n \n \n To view further course de tails please click here (https://www.som.org.uk/si tes/som.org.uk/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/fi les/2026%20training%20courses%20Zoom%20FINAL.pdf). \n \n \n \n To reserve a place or enquire about on -site training\, please contact Helen Vangikar\, T oxicology Consultant: Mobile: +44 (0)7856 979961\; Email: helen@helenvangikar.com (mailto:helen@hele nvangikar.com)\; Web: www.helenvangikar.com (http: //www.helenvangikar.com/training)\n \n CATEGORIES:Day Conference CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20261231T090000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261231T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261231T170000 URL:https://som-upgrade.vedacrm.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=890 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR