Today, UA Training Department programs proudly graduate “knowledge workers” with technology skills plus hands-on skills and Associate Degrees in Construction Supervision and Sustainable Technology ─ with majors in Plumbing, Pipefitting, Sprinkler Fitting or HVACR. UA pipe trades industry workers are the heart, lungs, brain, and circulatory system of the Green Building Movement.

The UA is very proud of its leadership role in Skilled Trades Training. For the past three years we have been training instructors to certify our members in Green Systems Awareness. The program is also open to our Employer Partners as well as to the general public.

The UA Green Systems Awareness program has recently been recognized by the United States Green Building Council’s Educational Provider Program. The UA’s Green Systems Awareness Certification program has met the following criteria established by the USGBC for educational programs:

• Are preeminent in green building education and align with USGBC’s educational mission.
• Offer courses at all learning levels to supplement USGBC’s core educational offerings.
• Are thoroughly reviewed and meet USGBC’s criteria for instructional design and content quality.

The United Association is honored to have one of our educational programs in the field of Sustainable Technology receive this recognition by the United States Green Building Council.

Some new green developers naively start off by asking “What is the minimum amount of training necessary for a person to build, inspect and maintain green buildings”? Well, the fact is that, at the UA, we don’t have “minimum training.”