Employer Responsibilities

When a product is considered a hazardous product by WHMIS legislation, an employer must;

• Ensure all hazardous products are identified, labeled, and made available in the workplace
• Provide current SDSs
• Train ALL employees in WHMIS 2015 (See below)
• Provide workplace labels
• Create Supplier Labels and SDSs for manufactured products

Education vs. Training

Education

• General Information – example – WHMIS 2015 Course

Training

• Information specific to the hazardous products used