This animated, interactive, web-based course is designed to provide employees, supervisors, and employers with an understanding of WHMIS core elements that apply to all workplaces where hazardous materials are used.
What will participants learn?
- WHMIS goals
- Individual responsibilities with respect to hazardous products in the workplace
- Hazard classes and their symbols
- WHMIS labels, what they mean, and how to make Workplace labels
- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and how to use them
*Participants' understanding of the information will be assessed both throughout the module and via a comprehensive, graded final quiz.
Who needs this type of education?
Any individual who works with and/or near hazardous or controlled products needs to be provided with WHMIS education, as outlined in the Workers’ Compensation Board of BC OHS Regulation 296/97 Section 5.3 to 5.21. In healthcare this includes a variety of occupational groups, such as maintenance staff, x-ray and medical technicians, laboratory workers, housekeepers, and laundry staff.
Features:
- Free to BC healthcare
- Animated and interactive
- Provides employees, supervisors, and employers with an understanding of WHMIS core elements
- Modular format – divided into four components and thus participants do not have to complete the whole course at once; estimated completion time per component ranges from 10 to 30 minutes
- Quizzes throughout
Access the Knowledge Advancement Tool (KAT) here.
To register your facility for this course, please contact us at
onlinelearning@ohsah.bc.ca or 778.328.8000.
Last Updated: January 14, 2008.