To obtain your Site Safety Manager Certification, you must meet the following qualifications:
Candidates must pass a written exam in order to become a Site Safety Manager. The candidate must complete the exam application (LIC41).
The candidate must submit the application with a $525.00 written exam fee, payable by money order only, to:
NYC Department of Buildings
Licensing & Exams Unit – Exams
280 Broadway, 1st Floor
New York, NY 10007
After submitting your exam application, you must next schedule your exam.
To become a Site Safety Manager, you must also successfully pass a background investigation by submitting the below documents, as scanned PDFs via the DOB NOW Portal. Applicants that do not currently have an eFiling account will need to create an account by completing the registration form.
Please see the New License Application User Guide for step-by-step directions.
You must upload PDF scans. Pictures of documents will not be accepted. The following documentation is required:Once you have passed the necessary exam and submitted all the necessary paperwork, you need to obtain your Site Safety Manager license.
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A | Be a New York State Licensed Professional Engineer or Registered Architect, have three (3) years of experience supervising the construction or demolition of major buildings (as defined in BC Chapter 33) within 10 years prior and has satisfactorily completed a Buildings approved 40-hour Site Safety Manager Course, within one year prior to application. |
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B | Has a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and has three (3) years of experience supervising construction or demolition of major buildings as the term major building is defined in BC Chapter 33 of the New York City Building Code, and within one year prior to application has satisfactorily completed a 40-hour Site Safety Manager course. |
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C | Has eight (8) years of construction supervision experience within 10 years prior to application including 5 years supervising the construction or demolition of major buildings (as defined in BC Chapter 33) and has satisfactorily completed a Buildings approved Site Safety Manager 40-hour course within one year prior to application |
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D | Has completed a full time paid 18 month on-the-job training program working on major buildings (as defined in BC Chapter 33) under the direct and continuing supervision of a certified Site Safety Manager engaged in site safety work; and has within one year prior to application, satisfactorily completed a 40-hour Department-approved Site Safety Manager Course AND within two years prior to application completed a 30-hour OSHA safety course. |
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E | Have eight (8) years of experience within ten (10) years prior to the date of the application as a Building Code enforcement official charged with enforcement of the provisions of the New York City Building Code. The enforcement included inspections of major buildings under construction or demolition and thus this basis for qualification excludes officials whose primary role is to perform inspections of occupied or vacant buildings; and has within one year prior to application, satisfactorily completed a 40-hour Department-approved Site Safety Manager Course AND within two (2) years prior to application date, has completed a 30-hour OSHA safety course |
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Have eight (8) years of field experience working on buildings within ten (10) years prior to the date of the application as a safety official for a governmental entity or construction firm or as a safety manager or safety engineer for a safety consulting firm specializing in construction or demolition. The experience includes four (4) years of relevant work on major buildings under construction or demolition; or and has within one year prior to application, satisfactorily completed a 40-hour Department-approved approved Site Safety Manager Course AND within two (2) years prior to application date, has completed a 30-hour OSHA safety course |
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Have successfully completed a New York State Apprenticeship Program for Site Safety Manager approved by the Department; and approved Site Safety Manager course, satisfactorily completed a 40-hour Department-approved approved Site Safety Manager Course AND within two (2) years prior to application date, has completed a 30-hour OSHA safety course |
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Have ten (10) years of experience within twelve (12) years prior to the date of the application working in a relevant construction trade with plans in furtherance of building construction or demolition, five (5) years of which were on major buildings under construction or demolition and three (3) of those five (5) years were in an on-site supervisory position. satisfactorily completed a 40-hour Department- approved Site Safety Manager Course AND within two (2) years prior to application date, has completed a 30 hour OSHA safety course |
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F | Has three years of experience as a Department certified site safety coordinator and within one year prior to application has satisfactorily completed a 40-hour Buildings-approved Site Safety Manager course |
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