English or Spanish: Which South Carolina Alcohol Server Course Do You Need?

South Carolina does not make you guess which certificate you are allowed to earn. You pick the language. English and Spanish are the same course, taught twice, with the same final and the same price.

That is the whole decision. Everything else — who needs the certificate, the 30-day clock, the three-year renewal — stays the same either way.

TL;DR: Take the Dash Authority South Carolina course in the language you read on a busy shift. English and Spanish are both $34.95, both four hours, both a 40-question final at 80%. You get the same South Carolina alcohol certificate.

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Same Course, Two Languages

Both versions live on one page:

• Seven short lessons, with a quiz after each
• A 40-question final
• Pass at 80%, with free retakes and a 100% pass guarantee
• Four hours on your phone
• $34.95, and no proctoring fee
• Six months from the day you pay

Pass either one and Dash Authority files the SCDOR report. You download the same kind of South Carolina alcohol certificate from MyDORWAY. It is good for 3 years. Keep it on shift. The bar keeps a copy.

Which One You Should Take

Take Spanish if that is the language you think in when someone asks for an ID, a refusal, or a last call. Take English if that is the language on your tickets and in the conversation with your manager.

Do not pick a language because it sounds shorter. It is not. The lessons match. The final matches. The price matches.

You are not choosing a permit class. South Carolina is not Washington, where your age decides Class 12 or Class 13. Here, language is a choice and the certificate at the end is the alcohol server certificate either way.

What Language Does Not Change

The hiring rules do not care which button you clicked.

• If you sell or serve alcohol on premises at least 10 hours a week, or you manage people who do, you still need the certificate within 30 days of your start date. Details are in the 30-day window.
• A bartender still has to be 21 or older. A server who is 18 to 20 can carry a drink that a coworker 21 or older mixed or poured, and does not mix or pour it.
• The certificate is still good for three years.

The plain-language overview of the requirement is what South Carolina alcohol server training is. The click-by-click version is how to get the certificate online.

Get Your South Carolina Alcohol Certificate

ServSafe is $42. 360training is $40.99 after the proctoring fee. Dash Authority is $34.95 in English and $34.95 in Spanish, on your phone, and we file the report when you pass. That is the best option in either language.

Get your South Carolina alcohol certificate — only $34.95

For official state regulations, please refer to the South Carolina Department of Revenue.