Does the education program have to include instruction on every controlled product in the workplace?
No. Under the WHMIS Regulation, so-called “generic instruction” is permitted. Generic instruction refers to the instruction of workers without reference to specific controlled products or workplaces. Generic instruction is acceptable in the following cases: • instruction in the content required on supplier labels, workplace labels and material safety data sheets; • instruction in how WHMIS works; • instruction in the hazards of a group of products which have similar properties and for which it is acceptable to use a generic material safety data sheet, provided there is instruction in hazards peculiar to any one product in the group; • instruction in work procedures for a group of products if the procedures are basically the same for all the products in the group; • instruction in work procedures that apply to a variety of worksites if the work procedures are basically the same at each site; and • preliminary stages of instruction in a multi-stage instruction program. For example, a con
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