ONE MONTH UNTIL FINAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TRAINING DEADLINE

SST Cards Required for All Construction Workers on Large Sites Starting March 1, 2021

New York, NY – The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is reminding the construction and development industry of the upcoming deadline for construction workers on large work sites in New York City to obtain Site Safety Training (SST) cards, signifying the successful completion of at least 40 hours of mandatory construction safety training. Currently, all construction workers on the over 4,600 SST work sites spread across the city are already required to have at least 30 hours of safety training. By March 1, 2021, these same workers must have completed an additional 10 hours of training, for a total of 40 hours, in order to continue working on these larger and more complex work sites. DOB-approved training providers have already issued over 110,000 SST cards to construction workers and DOB-licensed safety professionals working in New York City. A product of Local Law 196 of 2017, SST is a first-of-its-kind training requirement for construction workers in the city aimed at reducing preventable construction-related injuries by providing workers with practical safety education.

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