NYC DOB SITE SAFETY TRAINING

2-Hour Pre-Task Meeting

A prescribed SST course on the safety meeting held before a specific task, not just a shift. Learn when NYC rules require one and how to run it. Online and self-paced.

Online, self-paced
2 hours
English

2 hours of SST prescribed course credit
SST card included

Training Directory · NYC DOB provider ID SEED-DOB-0004

Course at a glance

Format: Online, self-paced
Length: 2 hours of instruction (120 minutes)
Assessment: Knowledge checks after each of the 8 modules and a final exam. You need 70% to pass.
Credential: 2 SST credit hours and a certificate of completion. This is awareness-level training, not a license or a competent person designation.

About the 2-Hour Pre-Task Meeting SST course

This is an NYC DOB Site Safety Training (SST) course. The 2-Hour Pre-Task Meeting course is a prescribed course for the SST Supervisor card. Card renewal options that list "Tool Box Talks or Pre-Task Meeting" accept either course. You earn 2 hours of SST credit when you complete it with a DOB-Registered Course Provider.

A pre-task meeting is set off by the task, not the shift. NYC Building Code (BC) 3301.12 requires a safety meeting at the start of each shift on sites that need a site safety manager, site safety coordinator or construction superintendent. It also says that where other code sections or rules require pre-task or pre-shift meetings for specific types of work, those requirements apply instead. The course follows that exception to the rules for crane and derrick work, tower crane erection, jumps and dismantling, and mast climber installation and removal. No New York provision requires one for general construction work, and the course says so.

The course follows DOB's outline. You will cover the OSHA duty to instruct workers, who can lead the meeting as a competent person, and how the meeting comes out of a job hazard analysis. You will learn to break a job into steps, name the hazards in each step, and pick the highest practical control for each one. The course also covers how many meetings a job needs: a new one each time the task, the crew or the setup changes. It closes with delivery and the five human error traps.

You take it online at your own pace through narrated slides. Each module ends with a knowledge check, and a final exam closes the course. You need 70% to pass. Seat time is tracked, so the course cannot be finished in less than 2 hours, and you will be asked to verify your identity. This is awareness-level training. It does not make you a competent person or a lift director.

What you'll learn

Drawn from the training objectives in DOB's outline.

Tell a pre-task meeting apart from a pre-shift safety meeting by what triggers each: the task or the shift.
State the employer's duty to instruct workers under 29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2), and what a pre-task meeting does that a written plan cannot.
Identify the NYC provisions that require a pre-task or pre-shift meeting for specific work, and work out how many meetings a job needs.
Decide whether a person may lead the meeting as a competent person, and tell that role apart from a qualified person or a lift director.
Break a job into steps from a job hazard analysis, and choose the highest practical control for each hazard.
Run the meeting in order, get the crew involved, check tools and PPE, and avoid the five human error traps.

Course topics

Everything in DOB's outline for this course.

Part 1 · What it is and when it is required
- Pre-task meeting versus pre-shift safety meeting
- The OSHA instruction duty (29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)) and accident prevention responsibilities (29 CFR 1926.20(b))
- The BC 3301.12 exception, and the NYC rules that name a meeting for crane, derrick, tower crane and mast climber work
- How many meetings a job needs: a new one when the task, crew or setup changes
Part 2 · Who leads it and how it is planned
- The competent person definition (29 CFR 1926.32(f)) and the authority to act
- Competent person, qualified person, and designated roles such as the lift director
- Building the meeting from a job hazard analysis (OSHA 3071)
- Breaking a job into steps, and deciding which jobs to analyze first
- The hierarchy of controls: good, better, best
Part 3 · Running the meeting
- Order: the steps, the hazards in each step, the controls for each hazard
- Crew participation, feedback, and regrouping when the plan fails
- Tool and PPE inspection, and what a worker's signature on a pre-task plan means
- Adult learning, checking understanding, and choosing a location
- The five human error traps

Credit & certificate

SST card included

Prescribed course

Counts as the 2-Hour Pre-Task Meeting requirement for a new SST Supervisor card (62 hours).
Counts toward the 22-hour Supervisor upgrade for Worker card holders, and the 32-hour Supervisor pathway after 30-Hour OSHA or 40-Hour Site Safety.
Can fill the "Tool Box Talks or Pre-Task Meeting" slot in Worker card renewal Option 2 and Supervisor card renewal Options 1 and 3.
The renewal packages listed here fill that slot with 2-Hour Tool Box Talks. Either course meets the renewal requirement.

2 SST credit hours and a certificate of completion. This is awareness-level training, not a license or a competent person designation.

Who it's for

Supervisors, foremen and competent persons working toward a new SST Supervisor card
Worker card holders on the 22-hour Supervisor upgrade, and workers with OSHA 30 or 40-Hour Site Safety on the 32-hour pathway
Card holders renewing who want Pre-Task Meeting in the "Tool Box Talks or Pre-Task Meeting" slot
Crew leads who plan task-specific work such as hoisting, rigging or mast climber jobs

Included in these packages

Take this course on its own, or as part of a package.

Before you buy

Format and schedule: Online and self-paced. Start any time after purchase; no class dates or location.
Certificate and credential: When you finish, Training Directory issues a course certificate.
Identity verification: No identity verification or proctoring is required for this course.

Questions

How is this different from 2-Hour Tool Box Talks?

A toolbox talk, or pre-shift meeting, happens at the start of each shift. A pre-task meeting happens before a specific task and is repeated when the task, the crew or the setup changes. The two courses share some content, such as the hierarchy of controls, but each is a separate prescribed course.

Can I use this course to renew my SST card?

Yes. Worker renewal Option 2 and Supervisor renewal Options 1 and 3 accept either 2-Hour Tool Box Talks or 2-Hour Pre-Task Meeting. The renewal packages listed here use Tool Box Talks, so if you want Pre-Task Meeting in that slot, ask your training provider.

Do I need both Pre-Task Meeting and Tool Box Talks?

For a new Supervisor card, yes: both are required. For a renewal, you need only one of them.

Is a pre-task meeting required on every NYC job?

No. New York rules name a pre-task or pre-shift meeting for certain work, such as crane and derrick operations, tower crane work and mast climber installation and removal. No New York provision requires one for general construction work, though it is a common and useful practice.

Does this course make me a competent person or a lift director?

No. Those roles depend on your knowledge, experience and the authority you are given on the job. This course teaches what the roles involve, but it gives SST credit only.

Will I have to lead a mock meeting?

No. The course is self-paced and online. You watch video demonstrations of pre-task meetings being run, and the knowledge checks and final exam give you drafted meetings and site situations, and ask what is missing or what to do.

How long does it take?

The course is 2 hours (120 minutes) of instruction. Seat time is tracked, so you cannot finish it faster than that.

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