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WHMIS 2015: Understanding Hazard Communication & Compliance

Master WHMIS 2015: Effectively identify hazards, interpret SDSs, and handle dangerous materials safely. Ensure compliance and protect your workplace.

Created byJohn Duplessis
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BeginnerUpdated May 15, 2025
WHMIS 2015: Understanding Hazard Communication & Compliance

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the WHMIS 2015 system purpose.
check_circleIdentify key WHMIS program elements.
check_circleExplain employer and worker duties.
check_circleRecognize WHMIS label types and info.
check_circleInterpret WHMIS pictograms and hazards.
check_circleNavigate Safety Data Sheet (SDS) content.

About This Course

This essential course provides comprehensive knowledge about the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, a cornerstone for safety when working with hazardous products in Canadian workplaces.

Understanding WHMIS is vital for ensuring safety, protecting yourself and others, and maintaining compliance with regulations. The system provides critical information through standardized elements like labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), enabling workers to recognize and manage risks effectively.

Through engaging lessons covering responsibilities, hazard groups, pictograms, different label types, and the detailed structure of Safety Data Sheets, you will learn to:

  • Identify and understand physical and health hazards.
  • Interpret WHMIS pictograms and their associated hazard classes.
  • Differentiate between supplier, workplace, and laboratory labels and their requirements.
  • Locate, read, and understand the crucial information contained in the 16 sections of an SDS.
  • Recognize the specific responsibilities of employers, workers, and suppliers under WHMIS.
  • Implement safe handling, storage, and emergency procedures based on WHMIS information.

Completing this training equips you with the knowledge and skills necessary to work safely with hazardous materials, contributing to a healthier and safer work environment.

Your Instructor

John Duplessis
John Duplessis

Trainer | Mentor | Performance Driven | Hands-On Trouble Shooter

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John Duplessis, B.Sc., CRSP, is a recognized leader in Occupational Health & Safety (OH\&S), dedicated to helping organizations build safer, more resilient workplaces. With over 30 years of experience in high-risk sectors—including oil & gas, construction, green energy, and manufacturing—John has built a reputation for translating complex safety legislation and standards into clear, practical strategies that drive measurable results. An internationally respected trainer and consultant, John has delivered programs across Canada and abroad on topics such as ISO 45001 implementation, incident investigation, safety leadership, and building strong safety cultures. His approach emphasizes leadership at every level—engaging executives, supervisors, and front-line workers alike—to foster systems that balance top-down accountability with bottom-up input. John’s career includes senior safety roles in major energy and construction firms, as well as decades of consulting, auditing, and mentoring.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

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