Workplace Hazardous Material Information System - WHMIS

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Course Description: 

This online GHS and WHMIS course is designed to fulfill the training for both the Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) and the new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) training requirements. The course explains the old Workplace Hazardous Material Information System information, as well as how GHS will change WHMIS and what the new requirements are. After completing this comprehensive course, an understanding should be gained of the relationship between the WHMIS and GHS systems, occupational health and safety laws, the purpose of WHMIS and GHS, core features of both systems, responsibilities of employers, employees, and product suppliers, how to control chemical hazards, and system related documentation and labelling.

What is Included in This Course

COURSE TOPICS

• The history of WHMIS and GHS
• Material Safety Data Sheets and Safety Data Sheets
• Health and safety statistics
• Requirements for worker education
• Occupational health and safety legislation
• Responsibilities of employers, employees, and suppliers
• Industrial hygiene and how it relates to GHS
• WHMIS at home
• Why we use WHMIS and the GHS systems
• Controlling chemical hazards
• Harmful substance routes of entry
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• An overview of the WHMIS and GHS systems
• Safety Data Sheet questions
• WHMIS and GHS symbols
• Glossary of terms
• Workplace labels