WHMIS Training:

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

This is a three and a one-half hour CERTIFICATION course for those with no prior WHMIS training.
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A two-hour refresher course for those who only need a review.

WHMIS training provides information to three levels of responsibility in any company. Employers receive the knowledge necessary to meet the legislation; supervisors acquire information that will allow them to properly advise workers on any potential or actual danger to their safety; and workers will understand the procedures to follow and the personal protective equipment required in order to protect their own and fellow workers' safety.

This training course can be conducted at our facility or your company location. Classes are limited in size only by the space requirements of the facility. Participants are tested and given a wallet-card upon successful completion.

Did you know...

• There are over 1700 chemical ingredients listed under the Hazardous Products Act.
• WHMIS training provides personnel with the knowledge of how to safely handle materials that contain hazardous chemicals.
• Employers are required under the Occupational Health and Safety Act of Ontario to train their workers on WHMIS and to review their employees' familiarity at least annually.
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) must be readily available to employees who work with or may be exposed to hazardous material.
• MSDS expire three years from publication and new sheets must be requested from the manufacturer or distributor if the material is still used or stored at the workplace.
• All hazardous materials must be identified with a WHMIS Label or Workplace Label.
• Workers must be supplied with the proper personal protective equipment when handling hazardous materials.
• Some workers have become ill and suffered long-term health effects; some have been injured; and some have died because they had not been trained on how to properly handle hazardous materials.