Need a clear drug and alcohol policy for your trade business?
The Drug and Alcohol Policy Template for Tradies is a plain-English digital download for Australian trade businesses that need to set clear rules around alcohol, illegal drugs, medication, impairment and fitness for work, written for real worksites rather than corporate boardrooms. It suits businesses where workers use vehicles, ladders, scaffolding, tools, machinery, chemicals or electrical equipment, including building, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, roofing, landscaping, painting, plastering, tiling, carpentry, concreting and other trade and field service businesses, and covers employees, apprentices, casuals, supervisors, labourers, contractors, subcontractors and other workers you engage.
What it covers
Fitness for work, alcohol and illegal drug use, prescription and non-prescription medication, impairment, reasonable suspicion and testing, post-incident testing concepts, client site and principal contractor requirements, work vehicles and machinery, worker and business responsibilities, employee assistance, breaches and disciplinary action with procedural fairness.
A clear policy sets expectations before there's a problem, supports your WHS obligations, gives supervisors a consistent way to handle suspected impairment, and covers you for client site or principal contractor requirements.
Important note about testing
This template includes wording for reasonable suspicion testing, post-incident testing concepts and client site testing concepts. It does not create a full random or blanket testing program. If you want to introduce random, blanket or pre-employment testing, or you work in a specialised high-risk industry, get specific legal, HR and WHS advice before doing so.
What you receive
A how-to guide, an important information page, the Drug and Alcohol Policy with definitions, fitness for work and alcohol/drug rules, the reasonable suspicion and post-incident testing framework, client site requirement wording, employee assistance wording, the breach and disciplinary action section, and review/policy change wording.
Before you use it
The template includes placeholder sections to insert your business details. Before using it, check whether your business has additional obligations under WHS laws, applicable modern awards, enterprise agreements, employment contracts, client site rules, principal contractor requirements or industry-specific safety rules.
Disclaimer
Tradie Contract Co publishes legal templates and information for tradies. We are not acting as your lawyer when you buy, download or use this template. This template gives you general legal information only. It is not tailored legal advice for your specific situation. You use it at your own risk and you should get legal advice from a lawyer if you're unsure whether it suits your business or if you work in a specialised high-risk area.
All copyright in this template belongs to Tradie Contract Co. We grant you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable licence to use this template once for your own trade business. You must not copy it for other people, resell it, give it away, upload it to template libraries, upload it to an AI platform or use it to compete with Tradie Contract Co.
Need a clear drug and alcohol policy for your trade business?
The Drug and Alcohol Policy Template for Tradies is a plain-English digital download for Australian trade businesses that need to set clear rules around alcohol, illegal drugs, medication, impairment and fitness for work, written for real worksites rather than corporate boardrooms. It suits businesses where workers use vehicles, ladders, scaffolding, tools, machinery, chemicals or electrical equipment, including building, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, roofing, landscaping, painting, plastering, tiling, carpentry, concreting and other trade and field service businesses, and covers employees, apprentices, casuals, supervisors, labourers, contractors, subcontractors and other workers you engage.
What it covers
Fitness for work, alcohol and illegal drug use, prescription and non-prescription medication, impairment, reasonable suspicion and testing, post-incident testing concepts, client site and principal contractor requirements, work vehicles and machinery, worker and business responsibilities, employee assistance, breaches and disciplinary action with procedural fairness.
A clear policy sets expectations before there's a problem, supports your WHS obligations, gives supervisors a consistent way to handle suspected impairment, and covers you for client site or principal contractor requirements.
Important note about testing
This template includes wording for reasonable suspicion testing, post-incident testing concepts and client site testing concepts. It does not create a full random or blanket testing program. If you want to introduce random, blanket or pre-employment testing, or you work in a specialised high-risk industry, get specific legal, HR and WHS advice before doing so.
What you receive
A how-to guide, an important information page, the Drug and Alcohol Policy with definitions, fitness for work and alcohol/drug rules, the reasonable suspicion and post-incident testing framework, client site requirement wording, employee assistance wording, the breach and disciplinary action section, and review/policy change wording.
Before you use it
The template includes placeholder sections to insert your business details. Before using it, check whether your business has additional obligations under WHS laws, applicable modern awards, enterprise agreements, employment contracts, client site rules, principal contractor requirements or industry-specific safety rules.
Disclaimer
Tradie Contract Co publishes legal templates and information for tradies. We are not acting as your lawyer when you buy, download or use this template. This template gives you general legal information only. It is not tailored legal advice for your specific situation. You use it at your own risk and you should get legal advice from a lawyer if you're unsure whether it suits your business or if you work in a specialised high-risk area.
All copyright in this template belongs to Tradie Contract Co. We grant you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable licence to use this template once for your own trade business. You must not copy it for other people, resell it, give it away, upload it to template libraries, upload it to an AI platform or use it to compete with Tradie Contract Co.
