🔍 Click to Expand: ACTI WHMIS 2015 Training Overview
📌 ACTI WHMIS 2015 Training Overview
The ACTI WHMIS 2015 Training Program is designed to provide workers with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and apply the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) 2015. This training aligns with Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) regulations, the Hazardous Products Act, and industry best practices, ensuring compliance and workplace safety.
Participants will learn to identify hazardous materials, interpret safety data sheets (SDS), understand hazard classification, and implement safe handling procedures. The course covers legislation, hazard communication, labeling systems, emergency response, and worker responsibilities.
🔹 Key Learning Modules:
- Legislation & Regulations: Understanding WHMIS 2015, OH&S laws, and employer/worker responsibilities.
- Hazardous Products & Classification: Identifying hazardous materials and understanding hazard classes and categories.
- WHMIS Pictograms & Labeling: Recognizing WHMIS symbols, supplier labels, and workplace labels.
- Safety Data Sheets (SDS): How to read and interpret SDS for proper handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals.
- Hazard Controls & Safe Work Practices: Implementing control measures, using PPE, and reducing exposure risks.
- Emergency Procedures & First Aid: Responding to spills, fires, leaks, and worker exposure incidents.
- WHMIS vs. GHS (Globally Harmonized System): Understanding the global standard and its alignment with WHMIS.
✅ Upon Completion:
Participants will be able to:
- ✅ Understand and apply WHMIS 2015 regulations and OH&S requirements.
- ✅ Identify hazardous materials and recognize WHMIS hazard classes and pictograms.
- ✅ Read and interpret supplier labels and workplace labels.
- ✅ Locate and use Safety Data Sheets (SDS) to assess chemical hazards.
- ✅ Implement safe handling, storage, and disposal practices for hazardous products.
- ✅ Respond appropriately to hazardous material spills, leaks, and exposure incidents.
- ✅ Pass a written knowledge assessment (minimum 80%) and successfully complete any required practical evaluations.
Participants who meet all course requirements will receive an ACTI WHMIS 2015 Certification, recognized across Canada, ensuring they are qualified to handle hazardous materials safely in industrial, construction, and workplace environments.