Bat Competency Training
Our training is designed and delivered by our in-house team of certified bat trainers. Mike and Marc are independant consultants who together have decades of experience undertaking bat management across Aotearoa and abroad.
To ensure quality, we’ve designed our curriculum in consultation with the Department of Conservation Bat Recovery group .
We aim to deliver our training to help every trainee feel confident, capable, and supported as they build their skills towards competency.
Bat Workers: Bat Management Fundementals
This course curriculum has been designed by our in-house bat trainers in consultation with the Department of Conservation Bat Recovery Group.
To ensure confidence in your understanding, we’ve designed this course to be delivered online, allowing you to work at your own pace.
The course is recommended for trainees working towards High Risk bat management competencies:
Level 3.1 Assessing roost tree use using Automatic Bat Monitors, and
Level 3.3 In at least two different forest/habitat types, including the forest/habitat type where trees are going to be assessed
The course comprises of 11 modules that span survey methods, field equipment, bat management plans, health and safety, data management, and more.
At the end of the course, a certificate of endorsement will be provided to trainees for inclusion into their trainee logs.
This course is required for trainees wanting to attend the ‘High Risk Management: Field Skills Workshop’.
Price $450 + GST
High Risk Management: Field Skills Workshop
This two-day in-field workshop provides trainees with the practical skills required to deliver high-risk bat management. We work with trainees to start putting theory into practice, and gain hands on experience working towards their level 3.1 and 3.3 competencies.
Day 1
Grounded by your bat management fundemental training, we cover presence/absence survey design, the background to tree felling acoustic surveys, and practice logger deployment. We will wrap up the day by covering data analysis, bat calls and limitation to acoustic surveys.
Day 2
We will focus on Level 3.3 competencies, assessing habitat for potential bat roosting features with guidance from DOC protocols - often referred to as 'Risk rating'. We will provide practical training on the use of endoscopes, discuss considerations for climbing surveys, options for surveying at height, and limitations to physcial pre-felling surveys. We will end the day testing your habitat assessment skills on variety of trees and potential roosting features.
At the end of the two-day workshop, we aim to provide competency sign-off on Level 3.3 and set you up to to work towards acheiving the x10 independant surveys required for Level 3.1.
Price $1,250 + GST
Acoustic Surveys: Trainer Sign-off
We offer online assessment of acoustic survey work for inclusion towards Competency 3.1 Assessing roost tree use using Automatic Bat Monitors.