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Requirements

This document explains the requirements necessary to have a curriculum approved by the Pennsylvania

Liquor Control Board (PLCB) to satisfy the server/seller training component of the Responsible Alcohol

Management Program (RAMP) in a classroom setting. Below are some guidelines to help you create your

curriculum. Please note, once your curriculum is granted approval, you may not alter it in any way without prior

approval from the PLCB.

Course Name

This course must be referred to as RAMP server/seller training; not RAMP training, RAMP certification or any

other name. All printed materials that are distributed during your training, must be approved by the PLCB and

refer to the course name as RAMP server/seller training. You are not permitted to add any additional wording

or text to the name of the course. However, you are permitted to advertise your name and/or company name

as the provider. For example, the participant manual you create and submit for approval can be titled “RAMP

Server/Seller Training presented by (company name and/or instructor name).

Course Design

You must teach an all-inclusive course consisting of the PLCB required topics and any verbiage provided by

the PLCB, combined with verbiage and any additional information you add that has been approved by the

PLCB. You may not teach a stand-alone course which addresses some or all of the required topics and then

teach the PLCB required content for the same topics separately. Each topic should be addressed one time and

must include all content. The entire curriculum must flow together and may not be contained in multiple

documents.

Participant Manual

Each student attending a classroom training, must be provided with a participant manual at the start of the

course that has been created by you with the all of the required topics and PLCB content, along with the

content you submitted that has been approved by the PLCB. You are to create and submit, one all-inclusive

participant manual that contains your entire curriculum in the order that the topics will be covered. We will not

accept multiple manuals. The entire manual must be bound in some fashion and presented for approval in a

logical order in which the topics will be covered. The participant manual will be reviewed by the PLCB and

approval to use the manual will be granted if all requirements are met. Once the PLCB approves the manual,

you may not change it without seeking further approval.

Course Length

Each training must consist of a minimum of 2.5 hours instructional time, not to include breaks, review or final

exam. When submitting your curriculum to the PLCB for approval, you are required to include the approximate

time expected to conduct the training.

Final Exam

At the conclusion of the training, you must issue the RAMP standard exam separate from any other exam that

may be administered. You may not add any additional questions or combine our standard exam with any other

exam you might give. The exam must be administered as a “closed-book examination,” without access to

references to aid in the completion of the examination. It is the responsibility of the instructor to grade the

examination and provide each student who passes the PLCB exam with a score of 80% or greater with a

PLCB standard wallet card. It is the instructor’s responsibility to write/type the students name, date of training,

and trainer’s name on the card.

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