WHIMS (2015)

Course Summary

The purpose of a WHMIS 2015 program is to:

• Strengthen workplace safety culture by elevating the profile and importance of preventing exposure to chemicals in the workplace

• Provide workers who may be exposed to the chemicals with adequate knowledge about general safety practices, where to find additional information (SDS) and how to work with those products in a safe manner

• Provide workers who use chemicals with sufficient knowledge about its purpose and use in the workplace

• Reduce the number of exposures to chemical incidents, injuries, and fatalities

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will have the knowledge and understanding of:

• What is WHMIS and GHS

• How to use personal protective equipment

• Safe storage practices

• WHMIS 2015 classes and symbols

• How to read an SDS

• How to protect yourself

• What to do in case of an emergency spill

• What hazards are associated with what products