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Become a Course Provider

 

Effective February 28, 2015 the Department of Buildings adopted the amendments to Section 104-06 of Subchapter D of Chapter 100 and Section 3314-01 of Chapter 3300 and the addition of new Section 105-03 Subchapter 100 of Title 1 of the Rules of the City of New York, regarding course requirements for construction trades.

To be listed as a course provider you must electronically submit the following items in an email to trainingproviders@buildings.nyc.gov.

To be listed as a course provider for SST Courses you must:

  1. Meet all of the requirements for a Course Provider.

  2. Meet all requirements in Local Law 196 of 2017: Course Requirements and Additional Course Provider Requirements Service Update.

  3. Submit Item 1 and Item 2 below in an email to the Training Providers mailbox at trainingproviders@buildings.nyc.gov.

  4. Post a link to the DOB-approved Site Safety Training (SST) Course Equivalent document on your website within one week of approval.


Item 1: Completed and notarized Course Provider Application

Completed and notarized Course Provider Application

  • Complete the Course Provider Application
  • Print and notarize the completed Course Provider Application
  • Scan & save the notarized Course Provider Application in PDF

 

Item 2: Documentation

Provide documentation proving your organization is one of the following:

Documentation proving your organization is one of the following:

  • Certified by an accrediting organization recognized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a Standards Developing Organization with published standards for continuing education and training. IACET is currently the only organization that is accredited by ANSI as a published standard for continuing education and training

 

Submittal Instructions for Item 1 & Item 2

  • Save Item 1 and Item 2 as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, attach both 2 PDF documents to an email
  • Indicate your company name in the subject line
  • Indicate the following information in the body of your email
  • Company contact person
  • Company contact person telephone number
  • Send email to trainingproviders@buildings.nyc.gov.

 

Notice

  • Successfully submitted emails will receive an automatic reply that Your submission email has been received
  • Department of Buildings (DOB) officials will review your application and supporting documentation
  • Applicants who successfully complete the application process will be listed on the Department website
  • If your application (Item 1) is incomplete or DOB officials have questions about your documentation (Item 2), the DOB will contact you
  • If you are not listed the DOB website within one month, check that you have submitted your application and documents to the correct email address and, resend the submittal to trainingproviders@buildings.nyc.gov
  • Course Providers that want to add additional courses to be listed on the Department of Buildings Course Providers listing must submit an updated Course Approval Application and follow the Submittal Instructions for Item 1 and Item 2 (see above)
  • Applications delivered by individuals to the DOB will not be accepted