This WHMIS for Manager and Supervisors online training program is designed to prepare frontline supervisors and lead hands to properly promote and enforce WHMIS requirements in Canadian workplaces.
Who This Training Program Is For
This training program is intended for individuals responsible for overseeing operations where hazardous products are used, handled, or stored, and workplaces where WHMIS requirements apply, including:
- General industry supervisors directly overseeing workers who use or handle hazardous products on the floor.
- Construction supervisors and superintendents responsible for hazardous product use on active construction sites.
- Shift supervisors and team leads responsible for worker conduct and safe handling of hazardous products during their shift.
- Warehouse, distribution, and operations supervisors accountable for WHMIS compliance in their area.
- Lead hands and working supervisors who oversee workers while also performing related work involving hazardous products.
- Employers establishing or strengthening supervisor accountability within their WHMIS program.
- Government agency and public works department managers and supervisors.
The program covers WHMIS worker fundamentals plus supervisor-specific instruction on supervisor duties and responsibilities, federal and provincial law, promoting and enforcing WHMIS in the workplace, and implementing your WHMIS program.
This program also includes the full WHMIS worker training course to ensure alignment with worker requirements and awards supervisors a WHMIS wallet card certification in addition to the WHMIS for Supervisors Certificate.
Our WHMIS training products are updated and aligned with the most recent revisions to WHMIS (December 2022). The WHMIS for Supervisors Online Training program is structured to improve the learning experience of your trainees and allow them to progress successfully through the included quizzes.
Part 1: WHMIS for Supervisors Overview
- WHMIS for Managers Overview
- Federal & Provincial Law
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Promotion & Enforcement
- Module Quiz
Part 2: WHMIS Fundamentals
- General WHMIS Overview
- Routes of Entry
- Hazard Classificaion & Pictograms
- WHMIS Labels and SDS
- Education, Training, and General Safety
- Module Quiz
Part 3: WHMIS Progrtam Implementation
- WHMIS Programs Overview
- Purchasing and Inventory
- Hazard Identification
- Education and Training Programs
- Review and Evaluation
- Documents and Record-Keeping
- Module Quiz
This course has been designed in alignment with the following standards:
- Hazardous Products Act (HPA)
- Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR)
- Provincial and Territorial Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
- Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
Supervisor WHMIS Training Requirements
Even though supervisors may not work directly with hazardous products themselves, they are required to receive training to help ensure they can carry out their safety duties and responsibilities in alignment with WHMIS legislation. Essentially, employers must ensure supervisors are competent to oversee work involving hazardous products.
This course helps employers meet this obligation.
For a full breakdown of supervisor training requirements, see our guide: Do Supervisors Need WHMIS Training?
