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• TIC is the largest provider of Department for Transport
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{DfT) approved drink-drive rehabilitation courses to the courts in England and Wales, running around 708 a year. It also organises courses for companies that are designed to highlight the impact that drugs and alcohol can have on workers.
As well as being concerned over the effects of drugs—illicit as well as legal—ITC director Jenny Feehan contends that many employees don't realise how long alcohol remains in their bloodstream.
One in five of the people who attend our NTapproved rehabilitation courses were breathalysed on their way to work in the morning after having been drinking the night before," she observes. "Some individuals will drink more in one night than is safe for them to drink in an entire week, and most believe that It has no impact on them the next day.
"We know of one person who went on a drinking spree on a Sunday. It teak until the following Thursday before they could get back behind the wheel and not be over the legal drink-drive limit."
TIC company courses address areas such as what actually constitutes a unit of alcohol, how quickly it's absorbed by an individual's system, and the short and long-term effects of alcohol and drugs on the human body. Course prices start at around £400, which covers a maximum of 20 participants.
TIC also offers courses designed to challenge the attitudes of persistent speeders, and to help aggressive drivers manage their anger.
Aside from the safety worries that surround alcohol abuse, it's also a major reason for workplace absence, according to charity Alcohol Concern.
The charity says that up to 14.8 million working days are lost each year in Britain as a consequence of drinking, which equates to between 3% and 5% of all absences, The TUC warns, however, that work itself may be a driving some employees to drink, especially if they're under stress through working long hours, or suffering from bullying and harassment.
,2 • Contact: TTC on 01952 292246; website:
wwwItc-uk.com