Workplace & Industrial Breathalyser

To verify workers are fit for duty before operating vehicles, plant or machinery. Testing supports an employer's WHS duty (or equivalent Victorian OHS duty) to manage impairment risk, deters at-risk behaviour, and gives managers an objective screening result instead of a judgement call.

There's no single national workplace limit; your drug and alcohol policy sets it. For safety-critical roles in mining, construction and transport, the standard is almost always 0.00 BAC, and some sectors, such as rail safety work, have zero alcohol mandated by regulation: the Rail Safety National Law prohibits carrying out rail safety work with any presence of alcohol.

AS3547 covers breath alcohol testing devices; AS/NZS 4760 covers oral-fluid drug testing. A breathalyser satisfies the alcohol side only. If your policy also covers drugs, you'll pair oral-fluid drug testing kits alongside your breathalysers.

A screening result on its own is indicative, not conclusive. Defensibility comes from the combination: a certified device, current calibration with records, a documented testing procedure, and confirmatory testing before any disciplinary outcome. Skip any one of those and the result is easier to challenge.

Typically every 6 to 12 months or after a set number of tests, depending on the model. An out-of-calibration device undermines both the accuracy of results and their standing in any dispute. See our calibration requirements.

Breathalysers detect alcohol only. Drug screening requires a separate oral-fluid or urine test; most workplace programs pair breathalysers with oral-fluid drug testing kits.

Handheld for supervised random or for-cause testing, mobile crews and multi-site use. Wall-mounted for self-service screening of everyone at a fixed entry point, with the SoberLive FRX adding facial recognition where identity verification matters. Larger sites commonly run both.