New Jersey
Bartending License

New Jersey Alcohol Server Certificate

Preferred New Jersey Alcohol Training

Our New Jersey alcohol server training is the most recommended and preferred certification course for bartenders, waitstaff, or managers to get their NJ bartending license. Our New Jersey alcohol training course follows the rules and regulations set by the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.  Our New Jersey  alcohol server certification covers both on-premise and off-premise situations. You’ll learn alcohol awareness training, intervention techniques, server duties, carding procedures, New Jersey alcohol laws, and their dramshop laws. All in a simple online alcohol server training course that is easy to understand for your New Jersey bartending license.

Our team believes providing responsible alcohol training is more than just a basic notion, it’s a responsibility and livelihood that we take very seriously. 

We’ve even been recognized by Bar and Restaurant Magazine, and invited to speak at regulatory conversations concerning up-to-date industry changes. We believe that our training is of superior quality because it’s created using years of in-the-field experience and continuous training, all with a focus on keeping employees, businesses, and their surrounding communities safe and prosperous.

Is Alcohol Server Training Required in New Jersey

New Jersey alcohol seller-server training is recommended but not required by the state. However, many New Jersey alcohol-serving businesses request that their staff members have a New Jersey alcohol certificate.

Our courses are recommended and endorsed by liability insurance carriers. Most liability insurance carriers for alcohol-serving establishments (restaurants, bars, taverns, and nightclubs) require all employees to hold an alcohol certification. Therefore, they will need your staff to remain current with New Jersey liquor laws, regulations, and rules. As a result, more businesses are requiring our New Jersey alcohol training as a condition of employment.

This New Jersey alcohol course gives you the tools to sell and serve alcohol responsibly.  With our course, you will protect yourself and the establishment where you are serving the alcohol. 

Additionally, you will learn:

  • The effects of alcohol on your patrons
  • Keep customers from becoming intoxicated
  • Intervene when you need to refuse a sale
  • Prevent intoxicated customers from disturbing others
  • Properly check IDs and recognize minors
  • Prevent second-party sales
  • Protect yourself and the establishment from liability

Who Should Take Our New Jersey Bartender License Course

Frequently Asked Questions

New Jersey alcohol seller-server training is recommended but not required by the state. However, many New Jersey alcohol-serving businesses request that their staff members have a New Jersey alcohol certification.

Our online alcohol certification course is self-paced. For most people, the course takes approximately two to three hours to complete.

Upon completing our course, your New Jersey certification will be valid for 3 years.

We receive several inquiries about the difference between New Jersey TIPS® certification, ServSafe, and Serving Alcohol Inc. All three are nationally recognized brands as state-accredited alcohol seller-server training and advanced training for managers and their staff.

TIPS® Training is a large conglomerate funded by investment bankers. ServSafe is administered and owned by the National Restaurant Association.

Serving Alcohol, on the other hand, is employee-owned and operated. We focus solely on state-approved alcohol training and food handler courses.

Our alcohol training courses were created by us and not another training provider. Hence, our course prices are more cost-effective than the others.

Our New Jersey alcohol certification course is for all on-premise and off-premise businesses. We pay special attention to relaying New Jersey’s alcohol laws, rules, regulations. Many companies rely upon and request our training for their staff members due to New Jersey specific training and our USA-based support team.

The minimum age to serve alcohol is 18 years of age. Persons 18 years or older can serve or handle intoxicated liquor in open containers when working as a server at a hotel, restaurant, club, or nightclub.

The Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) regulates the manufacture, distribution, sale, and transportation of all alcoholic beverages in New Jersey. ABC’s statutory mission is to regulate and control the alcoholic beverage industry to foster moderation and responsibility in the consumption of alcoholic beverages and to protect the citizens of New Jersey by assuring lawful, proper, and fair trade practices to maintain the stability of the industry and protect the collection of state taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages.