For New York City contractors

What the rule asks

Site Safety Training (SST) card, Local Law 196 of 2017. Workers need an SST card showing at least 40 hours of safety training defined by the NYC Department of Buildings. Supervisors need a Supervisor SST card showing at least 62 hours.

Renewal: SST cards expire five years after the date of issue. A worker card is renewed with 8 hours of refresher courses and a Supervisor card with 16 hours, from a DOB registered provider, taken in the 12 months before the card expires. A card that expires on or after May 3, 2026 can be renewed up to one year after it expires, but it cannot be used on a site until it is renewed, and missing that year means applying for a new card. A card that expired before May 3, 2026 cannot be renewed. Record the expiry date printed on the card and shown in Training Connect.

• NYC SST Card (Worker, 40 hour). Who needs it: Every worker on a covered site. How long it lasts: Valid for 5 years.
• NYC Supervisor SST Card (62 hour). Who needs it: Designated site safety professionals: site safety managers and coordinators, construction superintendents, concrete safety managers and the designated competent person. Other forepersons need the worker card. How long it lasts: Valid for 5 years.
• NYC SST Temporary Card (6 month). Who needs it: A new worker who holds an OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 card from the last five years and is finishing the remaining hours for the worker card. Only if you use it. How long it lasts: Valid for 6 months.

Who it covers, the deadline and the official sources are on the New York City guide, each rule with its source. Read it there before you rely on this.

Set it up in Currity

1. 01Open State rules in the menu, tick New York City under Where do you work? and press Save and show guides.
2. 02Open Add to roles… and, for NYC SST Card (Worker, 40 hour) and NYC Supervisor SST Card (62 hour), tick the roles the guide's "Who needs it" line describes, or type them.
3. 03Press Preview what will be added. The preview lists the credential types it will add to your list and how long each lasts.
4. 04Confirm with the add button, as in Add 2 requirements.
5. 05On each person's file, record the card. Enter the Expiry date printed on the card. The guide asks you to record that date.

Currity then warns you 90, 60, 30, 14, 7 and 1 days before each card expires. A card whose date has passed shows Expired and that person is not cleared.

The temporary card

The guide also offers NYC SST Temporary Card (6 month), for the people its "Who needs it" line above describes.

Leave its roles unticked unless you use it. A card required of a role is checked for everyone in that role.

Spanish for your crew

Each crew member can read their card link and their card emails in English or Spanish. On their file, under Crew language, choose English or Español. Everything the office sees stays in English. An import can set it too, from a Language column.

See the crew's phone page in Spanish

Good to know

• The guide is a summary to help you plan, not legal advice. The official sources are linked on the guide page.
• A GC can ask for more than the law does. Add their extra rules to the project. See Projects, the GC link and the prequal packet.
• New York State has a guide of its own: New York State.

Read the New York City guide