Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
Course Format: The course format includes, four (4) hours of classroom instruction with the visual aid of a power point presentation and a DVD, WHMIS – Tell Me Your Story.
WHMIS is Law - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Regulations
WHMIS gives everyone the Right to Know about the hazardous materials they are exposed to on the job and provides the means to find out that information. It does this through Labels, Material Safety Data Sheets and Training and Education.
Course Objectives: Work Place Hazardous Information System (WHMIS) training will provide participants with information on the safe use, storage, and handling of hazardous materials at their workplaces.
Course Duration: Four (4) Hours
Course Outline:
Module 1: Introduction
- Purpose of WHMIS
- WHMIS Regulations
- Training
Module 2: Hazards
- Route of Entry
- Health Effects
- Classifications
- Class A - Compressed Gas
- Class B - Flammable and Combustible Material
- Class C - Oxidizing Material
- Class D - Poisonous and Infectious Material
- Class E - Corrosive Material
- Class F - Dangerously Reactive Material
