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v2.640LatestOctober 24, 2026

Every Knowledge Base guide has its own link

Changed
  • Each Knowledge Base guide now has its own web address, so you can bookmark one, share it with a coworker or open it in a new tab.
v2.639October 23, 2026

Wildlife and Bear Awareness in the Academy

Added
  • Wildlife and Bear Awareness is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about 70 minutes online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
  • The course shows how to keep animals away from a site, camp and truck, tell a grizzly from a black bear, carry and use bear spray, what to do if you meet a bear or one attacks, and how to handle cougars, moose, bison, rattlesnakes and smaller animals.
  • The course comes with a bear spray practice checklist to download from the course, for running hands-on practice with inert cans.
  • Wildlife and Bear Awareness (TruStar Safety Academy) is a credential of its own in the training catalogue, so another provider’s wildlife training is never suggested as this one.
v2.638October 22, 2026

Academy category renamed

Changed
  • The Academy category "Fire, heat and cold" is now "Weather, wildlife and fire", and searching the catalogue for bears, bear spray or other wildlife finds the right course once it opens.
v2.637October 21, 2026

Academy course cards show the course

Changed
  • Each course card in the Academy catalogue now shows a real screen from the course and the price for TruStar Connect subscribers.
v2.636October 21, 2026

Find an Academy course by name or category

Added
  • The Academy catalogue has a search box: type a course name or a topic, like H2S, LOTO or JSA, and the list narrows as you type.
  • Browse the Academy by category, such as Work at height or Chemicals and air, from the catalogue or straight from the Academy menu.
Changed
  • The Academy menu now has a search box, the categories with how many courses are open in each, and the three newest courses, instead of a long list of every course.
v2.635October 21, 2026

Dropped Objects Awareness in the Academy

Added
  • Dropped Objects Awareness is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about 55 minutes online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
  • The course shows why a small tool becomes dangerous with height, how to find what could fall, how to stop it falling with barriers, tethers and containers, how to size a drop zone for a ricochet, and what to do when something drops.
  • Dropped Objects Awareness (TruStar Safety Academy) is a credential of its own in the training catalogue, so another provider’s dropped objects training is never suggested as this one.
v2.634October 21, 2026

PPE Fundamentals in the Academy

Added
  • PPE Fundamentals is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about 55 minutes online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
  • The course shows where PPE fits among the controls, how to choose head, eye, face, hearing, hand, foot and breathing protection for the hazard, how to read the CSA and ANSI markings, and how to check, fit and care for what you wear.
  • PPE Fundamentals (TruStar Safety Academy) is a credential of its own in the training catalogue, so an employer’s or another provider’s PPE training is never suggested as this one.
v2.633October 21, 2026

Every page in the phone menu

Fixed
  • On a phone, the menu now lists Available training, the training matrix, crew readiness, Offline files and Request a permit, which before were only in the computer’s sidebar.
v2.632October 21, 2026

Field Level Hazard Assessments and JSAs in the Academy

Added
  • Field Level Hazard Assessments and JSAs is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about 55 minutes online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
  • The course shows when to do an FLHA and when to do it again, how to find today’s hazards and rate them on the same 5x5 risk matrix Connect uses, how to write controls a crew can follow and how to break a job into steps for a JSA.
  • Field Level Hazard Assessments and JSAs (TruStar Safety Academy) is a credential of its own in the training catalogue, so an employer’s or another provider’s FLHA training is never suggested as this one.
v2.631October 19, 2026

Faster moving around the app

Fixed
  • Tapping a page while the app was saving for offline use could leave the loading screen running, or need a second tap. Pages now open on the first tap.
Improved
  • Pages load their information faster, and saving for offline use no longer slows down the page you are on.
v2.630October 18, 2026

Faster public pages

Improved
  • The public pages, such as the comparisons and pricing, are much lighter and load faster.
  • The release notes show 40 releases at a time, with buttons to page back through older ones.
v2.629October 18, 2026

A new referral partner badge

Improved
  • The referral partner website badge has a new look: a metal plate with the TruStar star raised on a brushed steel seal, in light and dark, and sharper on high-resolution screens. Badges already on partner websites update by themselves.
v2.628October 17, 2026

A marketing kit for referral partners

Added
  • Referral partners now have a marketing kit on their page: the Connect brochure and the partner brochure to download, a ready-made email and social post with their link in them, a website badge, and the logos.
  • A partner’s website badge opens the Connect home page and still counts the visitor as their referral.
v2.627October 17, 2026

Sign out sits with the menu switches

Changed
  • Sign out is now a round button in the same row as the light and dark and language switches, at the foot of the menu and of the More sheet on a phone.
v2.626October 17, 2026

Sign out from any page

Added
  • Sign out is now at the foot of the left menu, and at the bottom of the More sheet on a phone, so you no longer have to open your profile to find it.
Changed
  • The Partners page uses the same raised buttons as the rest of the website.
v2.625October 17, 2026

Date fields move on after the year

Fixed
  • Typing a date now moves to the month after four digits of the year, instead of letting the year run to six.
v2.624October 17, 2026

An ongoing share for referral partners

Added
  • After a referred company’s first year, its partner keeps earning 10% of what it pays for as long as it stays a customer, while the partner remains its consultant.
  • Your list of referred companies shows which ones earn the ongoing share.
v2.623October 17, 2026

Referral links open the sign-up page

Changed
  • A referral partner’s link now takes the person straight to the sign-up page, ready to start their free trial.
v2.622October 17, 2026

The partner brochure, where you join

Added
  • The partner sign-up page and the Become a referral partner form now offer the partner brochure to download.
  • The Partners page has a section on the brochure, with a button to email it to a colleague.
v2.621October 17, 2026

Tidier phone menu

Fixed
  • On a phone, Join a company in the bottom menu now sits centred under its icon.
v2.620October 17, 2026

Referral rates for bigger companies

Added
  • Referral partners who register a deal and sell it themselves now earn a straight 20%, up to $12,000 per company.
  • A partner brochure explains the program and can be downloaded from the Partners page.
Changed
  • Referrals earn 20% of the first $1,100 a company pays each month and 10% above that, up to $7,500 per company. Every listed plan still earns a full 20%.
  • Commissions on a company paying more than $1,100 a month are paid once it has had 90 days of paid use.
v2.619October 17, 2026

Referrals in the menu

Changed
  • Once you join the referral program, Referrals appears in your menu.
  • A referral partner without a company account now arrives at their referrals when they sign in.
v2.618October 16, 2026

The referral program

Refer companies to Connect and earn 20% of what they pay for their first year.

Added
  • A referral program: join from My Profile, share your own link, and earn 20% of what each company you refer pays for its first 12 months.
  • Your referral page lists the companies you referred, what each has earned you, and every commission and payout.
  • Commissions are paid to your bank on the first of each month through Stripe, once you set up payouts.
  • Consultants without a Connect subscription can join with a free login.
v2.617October 16, 2026

Back to top

Added
  • The website footer has a Back to top button, the same raised button as on trustarsafety.com.
v2.616October 16, 2026

A 50-second tour on the home page

Added
  • The home page now has a 50-second video of TruStar Connect, presented by Amanda Valin; press play to watch it with sound and captions, in a vertical version on phones.
Changed
  • Buttons across the public website are now raised and press down when you click them, matching trustarsafety.com.
  • The website footer links to TruStar Safety on TikTok, beside LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X.
v2.615October 16, 2026

Download a certificate from the One Card

Added
  • Each certificate on a One Card now has a small download icon that opens the certificate itself: the PDF of a course finished in Connect, or the scan or photo that was uploaded for it.
  • The icon is on the public page the card’s QR code opens too, so whoever scans a worker’s card at the gate can open or save their actual certificates without signing in.
v2.614October 16, 2026

A one-hour demo and a new brochure

Changed
  • A demo is now booked for one hour, so there is time to see every key feature and work through your own questions.
  • The TruStar Connect brochure is new, with current screens and join codes, hosted training, TruStar Safety Academy, fleet and integrations.
v2.613October 16, 2026

Comparison pages brought up to date

Added
  • Every comparison page now covers join codes, hosting your own training, TruStar Safety Academy, and certificates that follow a worker between companies.
Changed
  • The SafetyCulture comparison now names the company Mitti, which is what SafetyCulture renamed itself in August 2026.
  • The eCompliance comparison now names EcoOnline, which sells eCompliance as its safety management software.
  • Every comparison was checked against the vendors’ own websites and is dated October 2026.
v2.612October 13, 2026

Drug and Alcohol Awareness for Supervisors in the Academy

Added
  • Drug and Alcohol Awareness for Supervisors is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about two and a half hours online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
  • It takes supervisors through fitness for duty, reasonable cause and post-incident testing under the Canadian Model, writing it up, and supporting a worker who comes back.
  • Drug and Alcohol Awareness for Supervisors (TruStar Safety Academy) is a credential of its own in the training catalogue, so another provider’s reasonable cause or drug and alcohol training is never suggested as this one.
v2.611October 13, 2026

Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control in the Academy

Added
  • Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about 55 minutes online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
  • The course rates risk on the same 5x5 risk matrix Connect uses, so what learners practise matches what they see in their hazard assessments.
  • Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control (TruStar Safety Academy) is a credential of its own in the training catalogue, so another provider’s hazard assessment training is never suggested as this one.
v2.610October 12, 2026

Wallet cards, the One Card for learners, and checking a certificate

Added
  • Every certificate PDF now has a wallet card on page two, with crop marks and a fold line, to print at actual size and carry.
  • Anyone can check a certificate at connect.trustarsafety.com/verify with its number and the holder’s last name, without signing in.
  • Academy learners without a company now have their own TruStar One Card, in their menu.
  • Your own One Card lists every certificate you earned in Connect, each with a Download button.
  • Each Academy course page shows a sample of its certificate, its wallet card and the One Card.
v2.609October 12, 2026

Lockout/Tagout and Hazardous Energy Awareness in the Academy

Added
  • Lockout/Tagout and Hazardous Energy Awareness is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about 55 minutes online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
  • Lockout/Tagout and Hazardous Energy Awareness (TruStar Safety Academy) is a credential of its own in the training catalogue, so a training course named for it is never suggested as Lockout/Tagout (Hazardous Energy Control).
v2.608October 12, 2026

Fall Protection Awareness in the Academy

Added
  • Fall Protection Awareness is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about 55 minutes online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
  • Fall Protection Awareness (TruStar Safety Academy) is a credential of its own in the training catalogue, so a training course named for it is never suggested as Fall Protection.
v2.607October 11, 2026

Confined Space Awareness in the Academy

Added
  • Confined Space Awareness is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about 55 minutes online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
v2.606October 11, 2026

H2S Awareness in the Academy

Added
  • H2S Awareness is open in TruStar Safety Academy: about 55 minutes online, with a certificate valid for 36 months when you pass.
v2.605October 10, 2026

H2S Awareness is its own credential

Added
  • H2S Awareness (TruStar Safety Academy) is a credential of its own in the training catalogue.
Fixed
  • A training course named H2S Awareness is no longer suggested as H2S Alive, which is a different certification.
v2.604October 9, 2026

See inside an Academy course

Added
  • Each Academy course page shows real screens from the course on a laptop and a phone, so you can see what you are buying before you buy it.
Improved
  • A course opens ready for the keyboard: the arrow keys move between screens and the space bar pauses the narration, with no click into the course first.
v2.603October 9, 2026

Academy in the menu

Added
  • The menu at the top of our website has an Academy section listing the courses you can buy now, with their prices, and the ones coming next.
Fixed
  • The menu at the top of our website no longer squeezes its labels onto two lines on an iPad held sideways.
v2.602October 8, 2026

Certificates for the courses you finish

Every course finished in Connect now comes with a certificate you can download, print or hand over, with a QR code that checks it.

Added
  • A course finished in Connect, from your organization or TruStar Safety Academy, now has a Certificate button on the training record.
  • The certificate shows the person’s name, the course, the completion and expiry dates, the score and a certificate ID.
  • Its QR code opens the person’s One Card, so anyone can check that their training is current.
  • A hosted course can carry a certificate statement, such as what the training does and does not cover, printed on every certificate it issues.
  • When you pass a course, a Download certificate button appears right away, and the certificate is emailed to you as a PDF.
  • A course’s menu has a Help link that opens a support ticket in Connect, already named for the course.
  • Learners who joined through TruStar Safety Academy, with no company, can now open support tickets too, from Support in their menu.
v2.601.1October 8, 2026

The TruStar logo on light pages and printouts

The dark TruStar logo shows properly again on light screens and on printed sheets.

Fixed
  • The TruStar Connect logo in the light theme, on observation posters and on join code sheets showed as a black box; it now shows the full logo on a clear background.