United Rentals Expands Safety Training for Customers
June 18 2010 - 9:52AM
Business Wire
United Rentals (NYSE:URI) today announced the implementation of
three key initiatives that expand customer access to safety
training in the United States and Canada. The equipment rental
industry’s largest training platform has been further enhanced
with:
- A new online portal with
downloadable schedule and email enrollment. The Training and Safety
site is found in the Service Center on unitedrentals.com.
- Expanded availability of OSHA
10-Hour Construction Training, now offered through United Rentals
certified instructors across the U.S.;
- A new Excavator Training and
Certification program, including instruction in the safe handling
of heavy equipment and productivity techniques, scheduled to launch
September 1.
Lee Braden, manager of safety training for United Rentals, said,
“As the industry leader, we have a responsibility to do everything
in our power to encourage jobsite safety. This includes staying on
top of customer needs as well as the regulatory environment. We are
advocating safety by putting our resources into educating as many
workers as possible on proper equipment operation and accident
prevention. Already this year, more than 6,000 contractors have
completed the Confined Space Entry/Competent Person Training
provided by our Trench Safety team – that’s a new six-month
milestone in this one area alone.”
United Rentals offers operator instruction and certification on
aerial work platforms, boom lifts, forklifts, loaders and backhoes,
skid-steer loaders, vertical reach forklifts and rough terrain
forklifts; OSHA 10-hour Construction Training; First Aid/CPR
Certification; Confined Space Entry Training; and Competent Person
Training.
To learn more about on-site or off-site training programs
available from United Rentals, call 1-800-UR-RENTS or visit
unitedrentals.com.
About United Rentals
United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in
the world, with an integrated network of 562 rental locations in 48
states, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company’s
approximately 7,500 employees serve construction and industrial
customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The
company offers for rent approximately 3,000 classes of equipment
with a total original cost of $3.7 billion. United Rentals is a
member of the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index and the
Russell 2000 Index® and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn.
Additional information about United Rentals is available at
unitedrentals.com.
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