Do we obtain a WHMIS certificate from WorkSafeBC?
No. WorkSafeBC does not issue WHMIS certificates, and certificates are not required. Some employers with a very mobile workforce (e.g. construction) sponsor a course and issue WHMIS cards, in order to identify to a succession of similar employers that the individual worker has been through an effective education course. This saves each new employer having to send the same employee to a similar course (possibly every couple of weeks) at a great waste of time and money.
