THE COLLECTOR

To become qualified as a collector, you must be knowledgeable about Part 40 regulations, the current DOT Urine Specimen Collection Procedures Guidelines, and DOT agency regulations applicable to the employers for whom you will perform collections, and you must keep current on any changes to these materials. You must also (1) successfully complete a qualification training program and (2) pass a monitored proficiency demonstration, as required by DOT regulations. There is no requirement for qualified collectors to register or to be on any federally-maintained or federally-sponsored list. Still, they must maintain (for Federal inspection) documentation of successful completion of their training and proficiency demonstration requirements. 

Qualification Training: 

•  Knowledge about Part 40 collection procedures, 
•  All the steps necessary to conduct a proper collection, 
• How to properly fill out a federal collection form (Custody and Control Form, or CCF)
• How to handle problem collections (shy bladder, attempts to tamper with the test, etc.),  
• Information about fatal and correctable flaws in collections and collection paperwork, and 
• The collector’s responsibility for maintaining the integrity and credibility of the collection process, privacy, and specimen security. 

Anyone can provide the qualification training described above. The trainer does not need to be an experienced or qualified collector, or the same person who oversees the proficiency demonstration, or be a person at all (such as in an internet course, for example). The course material may be taught in person, conducted by video, by computer programs, via the internet, by video conference, or by other equivalent means. Also, there is no mandatory time requirement for this portion of the training. Although an examination is not required, to demonstrate compliance with the qualification training requirement, it is recommended that the course have built-in some means of ensuring that the information has been successfully learned.

The five mock collections must include the following collections, in any order: 

2 uneventful/routine,

1 covering an insufficient quantity of urine, 

1 covering a temperature out of range, and 

1 covering a refusal to sign the CCF paperwork and initial the bottle seal. 

These mock collections are intended to portray a real event conducted with someone (possibly even the instructor) acting as the donor. The collections must be directly observed in real-time by the instructor or clearly able to be monitored in real-time through a video link or equivalent and allow direct interaction between instructor and trainee.