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Written by NIVHA, which runs testing programmes across the UK and Ireland, delivered by your own supervisor, in 25 to 35 minutes. A deck, a word-for-word script and a sign-off sheet — everything needed to run the talk and prove it happened.
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Three pieces, one talk
Most toolbox talk material assumes the person delivering it already knows the subject. This one does not. The deck carries the slides, the speaker notes carry the words, and the sheet carries the record — so a site supervisor with no background in testing can stand up and run a credible half hour.
One · the deck
Why we are here, what counts as a substance, what impairment looks like on site, your policy, how testing works, medication, rights, refusal, support and a knowledge check. Speaker notes sit under every slide with the cues for the room.
Two · the speaker notes
Each slide’s notes give you the words to read out, the point the slide is making and the question to put to the room. They assume no clinical knowledge, and they tell you what to do when a question goes beyond the talk — never guess, record it, pass it on.
Three · the sign-off sheet
Printed rows for names, signatures and the date, a line for the presenter and a space for questions raised that need a written answer. Signed and filed, it is the evidence that the policy was communicated to the people it binds.
Preview
Watermarked previews of the pack as it ships. The version you receive carries your placeholders filled in and no watermark.
Built for your jurisdiction
Two slides change depending on where you operate: the official statistics, and the support services people can go to. Every pack ships with all three — Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain — each labelled in the top right corner of the slide.
The setup slide at the front of the file walks whoever prepares the deck through it: fill the placeholders, keep the two slides that match your jurisdiction, delete the other four, then delete the setup slide itself. That is why the file opens with 19 slides and the talk you deliver is 14.
NI
Northern Ireland figures and the support routes available there.
ROI
Republic of Ireland figures and the support routes available there.
GB
Great Britain figures and the support routes available there.
What is inside
Titles in running order. The setup slide and the jurisdiction variants you delete are additional to these.
Delivery script — in the speaker notes
Under every slide. The words to say, the point being made and the question to ask, plus preparation guidance and the answers to the knowledge check.
Attendance sign-off sheet
One page to print. Attendance rows, presenter and policy version at the top, and a space for questions that need a written answer.
How it works
The toolbox talk will be added to your policy at checkout, on its own or with the other supporting documents. It is not on sale yet.
Company name, date, presenter, policy owner, where the policy is published, the testing types you operate and your support contact. Every one is marked in the slides, the speaker notes and the sheet.
Keep the statistics and support slides labelled for where you operate, delete the rest, then delete the setup slide so the deck opens on the cover.
Read the script from the speaker notes, play the procedure film, run the three questions and pass the sheet round. The signed sheet goes into your training records with the policy version it relates to.
Where it fits
Most sites already run a rolling programme of toolbox talks with a log of what was delivered and who attended — the construction and CITB-style pattern. This pack fills the drugs and alcohol slot in that programme without anyone having to write it, and the sign-off sheet drops straight into the talk log.
Common questions
Yes. The deck, its speaker notes and the sign-off sheet are yours to adapt — add your logo, your site rules, your own examples. Most organisations change nothing beyond the placeholders and their jurisdiction slides.
No. The script in the speaker notes is written word for word and assumes no clinical knowledge — a supervisor reads it and runs the talk. Every slide carries its own notes with the words to say, the point to make and the question to ask the room.
The script gives you the rule: never guess. You say you will find out, write the question on the sign-off sheet, and it goes to your policy owner for a written answer. That protects the person asking and it protects you.
Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain. Two slides differ between them — the official statistics and the support services — and all three versions ship in the file, labelled in the corner. Keep yours and delete the other two versions — four slides in total.
No. It is a template for your organisation to review and adopt, and the wording says so on every slide. Take your own advice on employment law matters, particularly where a talk is being used to evidence that a policy was communicated.
It will be added through the policy builder, on its own or alongside the employee awareness leaflet and manager guidance. The policy itself is available now, with contract clause wording included.
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