WHMIS

Program Overview:

The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) is a Canada-wide system designed to give employers and workers information about hazardous materials used in the workplace. The original WHMIS 1988 was updated in 2015. WHMIS 2015 is based on the Global Harmonized System (GHS) and uses pictograms, labelling and safety data sheets that are significantly different from the original WHMIS of 1988. WHMIS was founded on a worker’s right to know what hazards they [you] are working with in the workplace! Education is fundamental to WHMIS – workers need training on a regular basis.

Training Content:

• Legislation -Regulation 860
• What is WHMIS (2015)
• What is GHS and why the changes?
• Training and Education
• Hazard Classification, Symbols, Signal Words, etc
• Labels – Supplier and Workplace
• Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
• Special Situations and Exemptions