Education and Training Flashcards

Under WHMIS, who bears primary responsibility for providing hazard communication training to workers?

Answer: The employer

Employers are legally required under WHMIS to provide education and training so workers can protect their health and safety.

Which key skill must WHMIS training ensure workers develop?

Answer: Reading and interpreting SDS and labels

WHMIS training must enable workers to read, interpret, and apply information found on labels and Safety Data Sheets.

When must WHMIS training be completed relative to a worker's exposure to hazardous products?

Answer: Before the worker handles or works near hazardous products

Workers must be trained before exposure — training after the fact does not protect them from hazards they may have already encountered.

What does 'site-specific' training mean under WHMIS?

Answer: Training covering the actual hazardous products present at the worker's specific workplace

Site-specific training goes beyond generic WHMIS principles to address the actual products, hazards, and procedures at the worker's own workplace.

What is the primary goal of WHMIS education and training programs?

Answer: To enable workers to protect their own health and safety when working with hazardous products

The overarching purpose of WHMIS training is to give workers the knowledge and skills needed to work safely with hazardous products.

Which group of workers must receive WHMIS hazard communication training?

Answer: All workers who may be exposed to or work in proximity to hazardous products

Any worker who could be exposed to hazardous products — including those working nearby — must receive appropriate WHMIS training.

Why are Safety Data Sheets (SDS) a central part of WHMIS training content?

Answer: They help workers understand chemical hazards and safe handling, storage, and emergency procedures

SDS provide detailed hazard, first-aid, storage, and disposal information that workers need to handle products safely.