Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Training Course (CA)

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Steps to RBS Certification

1

Register/Login on the RBS Portal

California law requires all servers to register with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) before taking this training. Register (for first time RBS certification) or login with your existing account (for RBS recertification) on the ABC RBS portal to pay the $3 state fee and generate/access your mandatory 9-digit Server ID Number. (Required to enroll on training.)

2

Complete our Approved RBS Training

Once you have your Server ID Number, enroll on this course to fulfill your preparatory training.* Upon first access students will be prompted to enter their Server ID Number and Last Name exactly as they appear in their RBS Portal account. We will notify ABC of your course completion within 24 hours.

*Servers are eligible to renew their certification 90 days prior to the expiration date.

3

Pass the Official State Exam

After your have completed your training and it has been confirmed with ABC, navigate back to your Server Dashboard on the ABC RBS portal to take the 50-question Alcohol Server Certification Exam. You will have 30 days or 3 attempts to pass the exam, whichever comes first. Upon passing, you will gain RBS Certification and have completed the RBS certification process.

CALIFORNIA ALCOHOL SERVERS & MANAGERS

CA Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) approved training.
Covers all 5 mandatory ABC curriculum domains.
Designed to ensure you pass the Alcohol Server Certification Exam on the ABC’s RBS portal.
Complies with industry standards and regulations.
Flexible online learning so you can start and learn at your own pace, anywhere, anytime.
Receive a Certificate of Completion.

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Fully immersive

Fully online, mobile-friendly, narrated video lessons and interactive elements.

1-2 hours

Average time to complete course.

Purchasing options

Purchase for yourself or others (with our group training plan); enroll and start anytime.

Yes, our RBS course is approved by the CA Dept of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC). Upon completion of this training, students will be granted access to the Alcohol Server Certification Exam on the ABC’s RBS portal to complete or renew their RBS certification.

Yes, you must register as a server on the ABC RBS portal and pay the registration fee ($3) before starting this training. If you are recertifying / already have an ABC RBS portal (server) account, please use your existing Server ID Number to enroll on this course.

Your course completion is tracked via your last name and Server ID Number. These must exactly match those in your RBS portal account.

When you purchase a course or enroll on a course purchased for you, enter your last name and nine-digit Server ID Number exactly as they appear in your RBS portal account dashboard.

Once you have completed the course, we will notify ABC within 24 hours with these identifying details and this will open up access to ABC’s Alcohol Server Certification Exam on the RBS portal.

Yes. To gain RBS Certification, after completing our online RBS training course, you must pass ABC’s Alcohol Server Certification Exam on the RBS portal.

No. The course price covers our training program. Students must pay a separate, non-refundable $3 registration fee directly to the California ABC when registering for certification or recertification on the RBS portal.

If you are an alcohol server in a licensed premises in California, the law states that you must have RBS certification.

An alcohol server is anyone employed or contracted by an ABC on-premises licensee to serve alcoholic beverages for consumption, or supervise alcohol servers.

This includes anyone who:

Checks patron identification
Takes patron alcoholic beverage orders
Pours alcoholic beverages
Delivers alcoholic beverages to patrons.

Yes. You will need your Server ID Number (created when you register(ed) on the RBS portal to enroll on this course. Your Server ID Number, and your last name, are used to match your course completion to your RBS portal account and ABC’s Alcohol Server Certification Exam on the RBS portal.

You can find your Server ID Number in your RBS portal account Dashboard.

From the date your training is confirmed on the RBS portal, you will have 30 days or 3 attempts to take the ABC Alcohol Server Certification Exam, whichever comes first.

Yes. Our group training plan provides corporate employers with a Group Leader dashboard to track staff enrollment, course completion progress, and exam readiness in real time.

RBS Certification lasts 3 years. Servers are eligible to renew their certification 90 days prior to the expiration date.*

*Do not enroll on RBS training outside of the 90 days renewal phase as the completion of your training (“training confirmation”) will not reach your account on the RBS portal and so you will not be given access to ABC’s Alcohol Server Certification Exam.

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