Office Health, Safety and WHMIS New

Recognize potential hazards in an office environment, identify the key components of a health and safety program, and learn the basics of WHMIS.

Office showing a row of desks, computers, and chairs. The image is overlaid with 10 graphic images depicting hazards related to Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, known as WHMIS.

Single seat:: $19.95

Format:: e-Course

Language:: English/French

Duration:: 90 minutes

Access:

Single Seat (90 days access from date of purchase)

Group Training (multi-seat) (1 year access from date of purchase)

Description

Please note: This course combines the former CCOHS courses, “Office Health and Safety” and “WHMIS 2015 for Office Environments.”

Although offices are not always thought of as hazardous places to work, injuries and illnesses that happen in an office can be just as serious and costly as those that occur in any other workplace.

This two-part course explains common safety hazards found in office environments. Participants will learn how to identify, mitigate, and prevent these common workplace hazards. It also provides a focused look at the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), which meets this system's legislated component for education. Part two on WHMIS includes the December 2022 Hazardous Products Act amendments.

Note: This course on its own may not meet training requirements for office health and safety in all jurisdictions. It should be supplemented by further instruction and hands-on training that is specific to the jurisdiction, job, worksite, and equipment.

Topics include:

Hazards in the office environment
- Components of a health and safety program
- Types of hazards, including ergonomic, psychosocial, biological, safety, and indoor air quality
Chemical hazards and WHMIS
- Introduction to chemical hazards
- WHMIS education and training
- WHMIS classifications, pictograms, labels, and safety data sheets
- Products excluded from WHMIS

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

Identify the key components of a health and safety program, including their importance
Recognize the different types of hazards commonly found in an office environment
Define WHMIS and identify its key components, including employer and worker responsibilities

Average time to complete this course is approximately 90 minutes.

Target Audience

Anyone who works in an office building, including workers, supervisors, managers, building personnel and cleaning or custodial workers
Health and safety committee members
Human resources professionals

Prerequisite

None

Certificate of Completion

Upon completion of the course and passing a final, multiple-choice exam, learners will be able to print a certificate of completion.

System Requirements

This course is delivered online. View the minimum system requirements to take this course.

Review Process

CCOHS courses are unique in that they are developed by subject specialists in the field, and reviewed by representatives from labour, employers and government to ensure the content and approach are unbiased and credible.

Vubiz Partnership

We partnered with Vubiz - an international leader in e-learning development - to create this e-course. Vubiz offers other related e-learning courses that may also be of interest to you. Read about them in the Vubiz Catalogue of e-learning courses.