United Academy® Celebrates Tenth Anniversary of Creating Safer Worksites Through Training Solutions
18 Juli 2024 - 3:15PM
Business Wire
United Rentals Training Arm Delivers
Industry Leading Safety Training and Equipment Operator
Certification Programs
United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI), the world’s largest equipment
rental company, today announced that United Academy - the company’s
training arm - has marked its tenth anniversary. United Academy is
the industry’s largest training program, offering training courses
and OSHA certifications to help customers develop a stronger, safer
workforce.
United Academy has more than 100 full-time certified trainers
and has trained over 730,000 people over the past decade. Classroom
and blended learning training can be completed onsite at customer
locations or at one of the 486 participating United Rentals
locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Courses are also
available online (eLearning and virtual setting), providing
students with convenient 24/7 access to training. Many courses are
available in Spanish and French in addition to English.
The United Academy course library includes equipment operator
certification, fall protection, worksite safety, OSHA-required
training, confined space entry, and competent person trenching and
excavation. All courses are OSHA-compliant training, and aerial
training complies with the 2020 ANSI update for operators. United
Academy is an International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
affiliated training provider.
“Over its ten-year history, United Academy has consistently
tailored training programs to evolve with the needs of customers,”
said Francois-Xavier Huneault, Director, United Academy at United
Rentals. “This focus has enabled us to build training services that
are unmatched in the industry. Our programs align with our
customers to deliver high-quality learning experiences so they have
more productive, safer worksites.”
Companies can save time and money by storing and maintaining
student training records and certifications through United Academy
and making them easily accessible to students through personalized
digital wallet cards and the United Rentals Mobile App™.
About United Rentals
United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in
the world. The company has an integrated network of 1,520 rental
locations in North America, 38 in Europe, 23 in Australia and 19 in
New Zealand. In North America, the company operates in 49 states
and every Canadian province. The company’s approximately 26,650
employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities,
municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers
approximately 4,800 classes of equipment for rent with a total
original cost of $20.59 billion. United Rentals is a member of the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, the Barron’s 400 Index and the
Russell 3000 Index® and is headquartered in Stamford, Conn.
Additional information about United Rentals is available at
unitedrentals.com.
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