DIY Workshop with WSPS: How to Develop Workplace Specific WHMIS Training
Virtual, Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:30 am to 12 Noon
Build customized WHMIS training for your workplace with expert guidance from WSPS. This DIY workshop provides tools, templates, and resources to help you prepare for the MLITSD Occupational Hygiene Campaign 2025–2026 focused on WHMIS Training.
Workshop Overview
This workshop is a hands-on session designed to help organizations move beyond generic training and build customized WHMIS programs tailored to their workplace chemical hazards and work environments. With expert facilitation, participants will work through practical exercises using provided templates and tools.
By the end of the session, participants will leave with a ready-to-use framework, resources, and tools to confidently deliver workplace-specific WHMIS training that improves compliance, strengthens chemical safety, and protects workers.
Participants are encouraged to come to the session prepared:
- Ensure you have completed a generic WHMIS training. If you need a refresher, view our free WHMIS Awareness eCourse
- Review How to Read a WHMIS Safety Data Sheet
- Bring an SDS (electronic or hard copy) of a common hazardous product in your workplace. Your SDS example will be used to start developing your Workplace Specific WHMIS training.
An email with the workshop tools will be emailed to you before the session.
What you will receive
- WHMIS Workplace Specific Training Workbook (Excel document)
- Work Instruction Template (Word document)
- Presentation Template (PowerPoint document)
- Sample SDS used in the training
- Sample Chemical Management Program including WHMIS (Word document)
Who should attend?
This workshop is designed for anyone responsible for developing, delivering, or overseeing WHMIS training in the workplace. Whether you’re directly managing hazardous products, leading health and safety initiatives, or ensuring compliance with regulations, this session provides the tools and guidance you need to deliver effective, workplace-specific training.
- Employees responsible for WHMIS compliance
- Managers/Supervisors
- HR and Health & Safety Professionals
Why attend?
In support of the MLITSD Occupational Hygiene Campaign 2025–2026 focused on WHMIS Training, this workshop helps your workplace prepare to deliver training on handling, use, storage, disposal, and emergency protocols for the products your staff use day-to-day. It provides you with practical tools to make WHMIS training more effective while building structure and demonstrate due diligence. With expert guidance, templates, and resources, you’ll build customized training that reflects your actual chemical hazards, strengthens chemical safety, and ensures workers are both compliant and protected.
What you will learn
By the end of this DIY workshop, participants will be able to:
- Develop and deliver customized WHMIS training specific to their hazardous chemicals
- Access practical tools and templates to make implementation faster and more effective
Presenters: Mike Zorayan, Health & Safety Consultant, Workplace Safety & Prevention Services and Jeff Pajot BSc.Kin, OHS Cert, CRSP, CCPE, Health & Safety Consultant & Ergonomist, Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA)
