Impairment Risk Management

Starr delivers training through a variety of accessible formats, including taught courses, eLearning modules, and interactive workshops — ensuring flexibility to meet the needs of every organisation. Our programmes cover not only drugs and alcohol management, but also broader wellbeing and peer support topics, helping to create a healthier and safer workplace. Whether delivered face-to-face, online, or through blended learning, our courses are designed to engage participants and build confidence in managing impairment risks, promoting wellbeing, and fostering a supportive environment.

Implementing a drugs and alcohol programme or peer support initiative can be daunting for organisations, managers, and employees alike. Our tailored educational solutions help ease this process by aligning content with your industry, actively engaging participants, and covering all relevant sector-specific regulations.

Our training portfolio includes:

• Psychoactive Substances in Aviation
  Equip staff with the knowledge of what programme introduction means for them and their organisation, ensuring clarity, confidence, and readiness.
• Key Stakeholder Workshops
  Provide managers and decision-makers with essential insights on managing testing processes, handling objections, and interpreting results.
• Union Engagement Sessions
  Reduce stigma around testing and peer support, while promoting their benefits to union members and the wider workforce.
• Employee Briefings
  Guide employees through incoming policies, explaining their role and how testing and peer support initiatives contribute to a safer working environment.
• Substance Misuse Awareness Courses
  Educate employees about the effects and risks of substance misuse, encouraging safer choices and greater awareness.
• eLearning Packages
  Offer flexible, annual courses that form part of mandatory training requirements, reinforcing knowledge and supporting ongoing compliance.

Starr’s flexible and comprehensive training solutions ensure organisations are fully prepared to implement and manage drugs and alcohol programmes or peer support initiatives effectively, while fostering a positive, informed, and wellbeing-focused workplace culture.

Starr offers a range of testing solutions for clients of all sizes, including for-cause, random, pre-employment, and post-incident testing. These services are provided globally using best-in-class equipment supplied through OdiliaClark.

The two main types of testing are:

Impairment Testing: This type of test detects active substances that may be affecting an employee at the time of testing. It is typically used for random and for-cause testing and offers a detection window of up to 48 hours after substance use.

Lifestyle Testing: Usually employed for pre-employment screening, lifestyle testing can also support self-referrals. It identifies patterns of regular use rather than isolated incidents, helping to flag risky behaviours. The detection window ranges from 10 days to six months prior to the sample being taken.

Starr’s performance coaching and mentoring services offers a unique perspective on personal and leadership growth enabling individuals and teams to reach the next level of integrated support.

Our coaches experience:

• Senior business leadership and management
• Commercial and military aviation including coaching and mentoring to pilots and senior leadership, delivering career and personal transition