About United Academy
Train, track, and stay compliant - faster.
United Academy now centralizes all training records (including external), gives your team role-based oversight by department or jobsite, issues instant digital certificates and sends renewal reminders automatically.
New Features Overview:
What’s new (at a glance)
- Centralized training documentation lives directly in United Academy—no more scattered files.
- Upload external training records to keep external courses alongside UA training.
- Customer Organization Training Management with roles from Organization Manager down to Organization Supervisors (by department or jobsite) with specific learners assigned.
- Unified digital training profile for every learner: UA certificates + external records in one place.
- Instant digital certificates available to view/print immediately after completion.
- Smart renewal notifications via email when certifications are coming due.
Why it matters
- Single source of truth: All records, one platform—fewer audits headaches.
- Better oversight: Granular org roles mean the right people see the right learners.
- Faster compliance: Instant certificates and automatic reminders reduce lapses.
- Cleaner histories: External records are captured, verified, and tied to each learner.
The benefits of United Academy
United Academy is a comprehensive, user-friendly program led by trained professionals that can help reduce the overall costs and complexity of safety training for construction workers.
Trainer expertise
Our United Academy courses are created and taught by trained professionals that have experience in the topic and can help individual trainees manage their training programs.
Easy management
United Academy’s seamless digital experience allows students, managers or jobsite supervisors to easily access courses and maintain training records across laptops, tablets and mobile devices.
Accessible courses
United Academy courses are available onsite at your location, at participating locations in the U.S. or Canada or 24/7 through our online training program.
Course catalog
Our United Academy course catalog features a wide variety of training topics, from general safety training to advanced trench and excavation certifications.
General Safety Training
Equipment Operator Training
Fall Protection Training
OSHA Training
Confined Space, Trench and Excavation Training
Trainer Training
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United Academy FAQs
Our United Academy training program is newly designed to make safety training for construction workers more simple and easily accessible. The enhanced course configuration and streamlined enrollment process allows for better business scalability with fewer manual tasks. With hundreds of courses available on a wide variety of safety topics, our United Academy training program can help keep construction workers safe and compliant at their jobsite.
Learn more about United Academy in our FAQ section below.
Yes, United Academy offers training for operating specific types of equipment, including the Core 4® (boom lifts, scissor lifts, counterbalance forklifts and rough terrain forklifts), earthmoving equipment, forklifts and utility vehicles.
Yes, you can include certifications you have completed in the past from other training programs to your United Academy program. Our new United Academy experience allows you to upload certifications and training records to your account.
Yes, many of our United Academy training courses are available in English, Spanish and French.
Available anytime, anyplace
Courses are available onsite, at a local United Rentals location, or 24/7 through our innovative online training platform. To request a private training course or to inquire about additional training locations, please contact us today.
Comprehensive course catalog
Select from a robust library of courses including Operator Certification, Fall Protection, Jobsite Safety, OSHA required training, Confined Space Entry, and Competent Person Trenching and Excavation.
