§ 28-402.2 Qualifications.
All applicants for a site safety manager certificate shall submit satisfactory proof establishing that the applicant:
1. Has, within one (1) year prior to application, satisfactorily completed a course that is at least forty (40) hours in length and approved by the department in construction and demolition site safety;
2. Possesses a valid Site Safety Training (SST) Supervisor Card; and
3. Meets one of the following experience criteria:
3.1. Is a registered design professional and has at least three (3) years of field experience, within the five (5) years prior to application, either (i) serving in a supervisory role with responsibility over workers engaged in construction or demolition work subject to a site safety plan at major buildings in the city of New York, or (ii) providing site safety oversight during construction or demolition work subject to a site safety plan at major buildings in the city of New York, including but not limited to conducting site safety risk assessments, developing or implementing site safety hazard control measures, managing site safety operations, or performing inspections to verify compliance with requirements imposed by chapter 33 of the New York city building code and related rules;
3.2. Holds a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and has at least three (3) years of field experience, within the five (5) years prior to application, either (i) serving in a supervisory role with responsibility over workers engaged in construction or demolition work subject to a site safety plan at major buildings in the city of New York, or (ii) providing site safety oversight during construction or demolition work subject to a site safety plan at major buildings in the city of New York, including but not limited to conducting site safety risk assessments, developing or implementing site safety hazard control measures, managing site safety operations, or performing inspections to verify compliance with safety requirements imposed by law;
3.3. Is a New York city certified site safety coordinator and has at least three (3) years of experience, within the five (5) years prior to application, serving as a designated site safety coordinator during the construction or demolition of major buildings in New York city;
3.4. Is a New York city registered concrete safety manager and has at least four (4) years of experience, within the seven (7) years prior to application, serving as a designated concrete safety manager during the construction or demolition of major buildings in the city of New York;
3.5. Holds a Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) certification from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and has at least four (4) years of field experience, within the eight (8) years prior to application, either (i) serving in a supervisory role with responsibility over workers engaged in construction or demolition work subject to a site safety plan at major buildings in the city of New York, or (ii) providing site safety oversight during construction or demolition work subject to a site safety plan at major buildings in the city of New York, including but not limited to conducting site safety risk assessments, developing or implementing site safety hazard control measures, managing site safety operations, or performing inspections to verify compliance with safety requirements imposed by law;
3.6. Has at least five (5) years of experience, within the eight (8) years prior to application, serving in a supervisory role with full-time responsibility over workers engaged in construction or demolition work subject to a site safety plan at major buildings in the city of New York;
3.7. Has eight (8) years of experience, within the ten (10) years prior to application, as a New York city buildings department enforcement official, as determined by the commissioner. At least four (4) years of the experience must have been in the inspection of major buildings under construction or demolition for compliance with the provisions of chapter 33 of the New York city building code and related rules;
3.8. Has completed an 18-month on-the-job site safety manager training program conducted under the direct supervision of a certified site safety manager during the construction or demolition of major buildings in the city of New York. Such on-the-job training program shall conform to rules promulgated by the department. During the on-the-job training program, the applicant shall only serve as a site safety manager in training, and shall serve in such role on a full-time basis. The supervising site safety manager shall register the trainee with the department prior to the commencement of the training program and shall certify the trainee's satisfactory completion of the training program at the conclusion of the program; or
3.9. Has successfully completed a site safety manager apprenticeship program approved by the New York State Department of Labor.
(Am. L.L. 2021/126, 11/7/2021, eff. 11/7/2022)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/126.
