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WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)
Description of the training
Training based on the WHMIS 2015 (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)
This course provides a thorough overview of WHMIS 2015, Canada’s national communication standard for hazardous workplace materials. It covers the roles and responsibilities of all workplace stakeholders, hazard classification, pictograms, safety data sheets, and safe work practices. WHMIS 2015 is aligned with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), ensuring international consistency in hazard communication. This training is essential for all employees who may be exposed to hazardous products in the workplace.
What You'll Learn
- The purpose, structure, and evolution of WHMIS 2015.
- The roles and responsibilities of employers, workers, and suppliers.
- How to identify hazardous materials through labels, pictograms, and safety data sheets.
- The classification of health and physical hazards.
- How to interpret precautionary statements and understand routes of exposure.
- The three main components of WHMIS and their application in daily work.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the origins and benefits of WHMIS 2015 and its alignment with GHS.
- Identify key responsibilities of employers, workers, and suppliers.
- Interpret WHMIS labels, pictograms, and safety data sheets.
- Understand different hazard classes, categories, and routes of exposure.
- Apply the hierarchy of controls to reduce risk.
- Safely use and store hazardous materials in the workplace.
Training details
The pass mark is 70 %
A participant who successfully completes the training receives a certificate of competence valid for 1 year (automatically generated and sent to the email address associated with the purchase)
Training course plan
Introduction – WHMIS 2015 Overview
- What is WHMIS?
- Transition from WHMIS 1988 to WHMIS 2015
- Harmonization with GHS
- Importance of hazard communication in the workplace
Chapter 1 – Introduction to WHMIS
- Origins and rationale for WHMIS
- Real-world statistics: workplace incidents linked to hazardous materials
- Animation segment to illustrate core concepts
- Introduction to key WHMIS elements and why they matter
Chapter 2 – Roles, Responsibilities, and Risk Reduction
- WHMIS players: employers, workers, and suppliers
- Legal obligations: Hazardous Products Act and Hazardous Products Regulations
- The hierarchy of controls: elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, PPE
- Workplace-specific examples of risk reduction
Chapter 3 – Hazard Classification and Information
- WHMIS Ingredients and Product Composition
- CAS numbers, concentrations, and confidentiality
- Hazard Classes
- Physical hazards (flammables, explosives, gases under pressure, oxidizers)
- Health hazards (toxicity, carcinogenicity, respiratory sensitization, etc.)
- Routes of Exposure
- Inhalation, ingestion, skin and eye contact
- Precautionary Statements and Signal Words
- “Danger,” “Warning,” hazard and prevention statements
- WHMIS 2015 Pictograms
- Meaning and examples of each pictogram
- Comparison with WHMIS 1988 symbols
Chapter 4 – The 3 Components of WHMIS
- Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- 16 standardized sections
- How to interpret key information: identification, hazards, first aid, handling
- Labels
- Supplier and workplace labels: required elements and exceptions
- Creating workplace labels when needed
- Education and Training
- Employer responsibilities for training, labeling, and SDS access
- Worker responsibilities to apply safe work practices
Progress of our online training courses
Autonomous and at your own pace
Each participant in our trainings can follow the training at their own pace, i.e. that he can, at any time before completing it, review the educational capsules as long as he has to, and leave the training platform and pick up where he left off.
Formation failed
In the event of a first failure of the training, each participant is entitled to follow it again; following a 2nd failure, he must be re-registered for training.
Participant allocation
When purchasing a participation in our training, the individual in charge of the order can assign it to himself, assign it to one of the employees linked to his account or to an existing account (at using the username or email address linked to it), or request the sending of access codes.