Site Safety Training &
Site Safety Identification Card Options Below:
Temporary Site Safety Training
*Temporary Site Safety Training Card is Additional Fee.
Temporary Site Safety Training Card
Effective June 1, 2019, new entrants to the construction or demolition workforce may
begin working with a Temporary Site Safety Training Card, which is a non-renewable
card that expires after six months and is issued to a person who has completed an OSHA
10-hour class.
Limited Site Safety Training
*Limited Site Safety Training Card is Additional Fee.
Limited Site Safety Training Card
Effective December 1, 2019, construction workers will be required to have taken an OSHA 10-
hour class with 20-hour additional training or an OSHA 30-hour class or a 100-hour training program approved by DOB. Limited Site Safety Training Cards will expire on August 31, 2020.
Site Safety Training
*Site Safety Training Card is Additional Fee.
Site Safety Card
Effective March 1, 2021, construction workers will be required to have taken a required OSHA 10-hour class with 30-hours of additional training or an OSHA 30-hour
class with 10 additional hours (total 40 hours) training. Site Safety Training Cards expire after five (5) years and are renewable upon an applicant showing that they have, in the
one-year period preceding submission of a renewal application, completed eight (8) training hours specified by DOB.
Site Safety Supervisor Training
*Site Safety Training Supervisor Card is Additional Fee.
Site Safety Training Supervisor Card
Effective June 1, 2019, Supervisor Site Safety Training Cards will be issued to those who
successfully completed an OSHA 30-hour class and 32-hours of additional training.
Supervisor Site Safety Training Cards expire after five (5) years and are renewable upon
an applicant showing that they have, in the one-year period preceding submission of a
renewal application, completed sixteen (16) training hours specified by DOB.
Site Safety Training Requirements
SST Courses such as OSHA 30, 8- Hour Fall Prevention and
2 Hour Drug and Alcohol, are the Department’s Curriculum
Call (631) 226-8021 for more information
Local Law 196 of 2017
requires certain workers and supervisors to receive safety
training at construction sites that are required to designate a Construction
Superintendent, Site Safety Coordinator or Site Safety Manager. Workers will need a
minimum of 30 hours of training and supervisors will need 62 hours of training by
June 1, 2019. In addition, workers will need an additional
10 hours of training by March 1, 2021
Updated Training Deadlines See below for a Site Safety Training Curriculum that reflects the updated deadlines
for complying with the upcoming training requirements:
Effective June 1, 2019 WORKERSLimited SST Card (30 Hours)Expires August 31, 2020
Limited SST Card (30 Hours)
Expires August 31, 2020
1) OSHA 30-Hour Class
2) OSHA 10-Hour Class with 20 hours of additional training
- OSHA 10-Hour Class
- 8-Hour Fall Prevention
- 8-Hour Site Safety Manager Refresher
- 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and Refresher
3) 100-Hour Training Program Approved by the Department
- At a minimum meets the coursework identified in item 1 or 2 above.
4) Prior Experience (see NOTE)
- 4-Hour Fall Prevention
- 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and Refresher
Effective March 1, 2021
WORKERSSST Card (40 Hours)
WORKERS
SST Card (40 Hours)
Expires after five years and renewable upon applicants showing that they have completed eight training
hours specified by the Department in the one-year period preceding submission of a renewal application.
1) OSHA 30-Hour Class With 10-Hours of Additional Training
- OSHA 30-Hour Class
- 8-Hour Fall Prevention
- 2-Hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness
2) OSHA 10-Hour Class with 30-Hours of Additional Training
- OSHA 10-Hour Class
- 8-Hour Fall Prevention
- 8-Hour Chapter 33 (Site Safety Manager Renewal)
- 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and Refresher
- 4-Hour General Electives
- 4-Hour Specialized Electives
- 2-Hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness
3) 100-Hour Training Program Approved by the Department
- At a minimum meets the coursework identified in item 1 or 2 above.
4) Prior Experience (see NOTE)
- 4-Hour Fall Prevention
- 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and Refresher
Effective June 1, 2019 SUPERVISORS
Supervisor SST Card (62 Hours)
Expires after five years and renewable upon applicants showing that they have completed 16 training hours
specified by the Department in the one-year period preceding submission of a renewal application.
Supervisor SST Card (62 Hours)
- OSHA 30-Hour Class
- 8-Hour Fall Prevention
- 8-Hour Chapter 33 (Site Safety Manager Renewal)
- 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and Refresher
- 2-Hour Site Safety Plan
- 2-Hour Tool Box Talks
- 2-Hour Pre-Task Safety Meetings
- 2-Hour General Electives
- 2-Hour Specialized Electives
- 2-Hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness
NOTE: An applicant for an SST Card, including a Limited SST Card, SST Card or Supervisor SST
Card, who completed the training to comply with the requirements for such SST Card, but who did not
complete a particular course topic within the five years preceding submission of an application for an
SST Card, may complete the training listed under “Prior Experience” in the one-year period preceding
submission of an application for an SST Card.
Please visit the Department’s website
for the complete curriculum, including a list of general and
specialized electives and the training required for new entrants to the construction or demolition work
force or to renew an SST card.
