Preventing Under Age Sales

What does the Preventing Underage Sales  course cover?

• The Licensing  Act 2003.
• Licensing objectives ,offences and defences.
• Social impacts of sales to minors.
• Definisions of age restricted products.
• A comprehensive guide to all age restricted products including:

1. Alcohol.
2. Cigarettes and tobacco related products.
3. Knives .
4. Fireworks.
5. Solvents .
6. National lottery.
7. Spray paints and butane gas.
8. Dvds,videos and computer games.

The laws and impacts surrounding the sale of all the above.

What are the aims of the "preventing uderage sales" Toolkit and training?

• Improve retailers understanding of the law and their legal responsibilities .
• The social and moral implications of serving age restricted products.
• Learn how to effectivley challenge a persons age ,minimising and coping with confrontation.
• Spotting fake identification.
• Recording due diligence.
• To provide a means for managers to train their own staff.
• To provide tools in a training pack containing :

1. Refusal's logs
2. Staff training record's
3. examples of fake identification .
4. Proxy watch schemes for combating proxy sales (children outside retailers approaching aldult's to purchase on their behalf (by proxy).
5. Challenge 25 policies and posters  age verification scheme.
6. Cd rom containing digital copys of all the above for future use .

Who is the "preventing underage sale's course suitable for?

• Bars and nightclubs.
• Super markets and conenience stores .
• Leisure parks  and entertainment venues.
• Anyone wishing to persue a career in tthe retail or licensed premises sector.

The "preventing underage sales training course and tool kit has been approved by "The Hampshire and Isle of White Smoke Free Alliance " and  "The Department of Health smoke free"Group  . 

How long does the Preventing underage sales course take?

This course takes aproximateley four and a half hours to complete with a short multiple choice examination at the end , and will be conducted at the Prtsmouth city  council training facilitys in:

The Civic offices ,

Guildhall Square

Portsmouth.

Hmapshire.