WHMIS training
Employers must train workers who handle, store or may be exposed to hazardous products. WHMIS training teaches you to recognize chemical hazards, read labels and Safety Data Sheets, and take the right precautions.
What is WHMIS?
The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) is a Canada-wide system that gives employers and workers information about hazardous products used at work. Workers have the right to know. Information reaches them in three ways:
- Labels on containers of hazardous products
- Safety Data Sheets with detailed hazard and precaution information
- Worker education programs
What's covered
- Introduction to the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Duties of the employer, supervisor and worker
- Hazard classes, pictograms and their effects
- Product labels
- Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- Routes of exposure
- Personal protective equipment
- Safe handling and storage
- Emergency procedures
- Quiz, reviewed and corrected together
Compliance
Our program meets the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the WHMIS regulation (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 860).
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