WHMIS Training

WHMIS is a national system to identify workplace hazardous material and provide safety information pertaining to them. Workers have the right to know and understand.

Employers and suppliers must: Ensure proper labeling of hazardous materials, Provide Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on hazardous materials, Provide worker education and training.

WHMIS Training Course Information

Upon completion of WHMIS training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the essential role WHMIS plays in protecting the health and safety of
  workers

• Identify the WHMIS responsibilities of suppliers, employers, and workers

• Know the workplace requirements related to the use of supplier labels and workplace labels, and how to locate and interpret the information found on these
  labels

• Recognize the WHMIS pictograms and the types of hazard each represents

• Recognize the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) as a source of comprehensive
  information about a hazardous chemical in the workplace and know how to locate
  various types of information when reading an SDS

• Identify the WHMIS exemptions for suppliers and importers

• Know general safe work practices that should be followed when working with hazardous products

Course Topics

• Overview of WHMIS

• Overview of hazard groups and classes

• Labels

• Physical hazards

• Health hazards

• Safety data sheets (SDSs)

Legislation

Our WHMIS training program covers Ontario’s WHMIS requirements under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulation 860. 

Who Requires this Training

• All workers, supervisors and employers.

Course Benefits

Every worker who works with, or in proximity to, a hazardous product in the workplace must have Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) training.  In February 2015, WHMIS was modified to align with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).

The “new” WHMIS is known as WHMIS 2015. Employers must also provide workplace-specific WHMIS training and instruction for each of the hazardous products in the workplace.