Health and safety awareness for bat workers is a key skill needed as part of gaining your bat licence and taking part in bat work. Bat work often involves working in the dark or in potentially dangerous buildings or environments. In order to safely carry out the work needed, it is vital that you understand the health and safety implications. This course covers some of the most common hazards and risks associated with undertaking bat surveys. It will raise your awareness of the potential risks and give you simple advice on how to stay safe whilst undertaking bat work.

This self-study online course is split into 3 modules. An overview of these modules and what they cover is outlined below. As this is only an awareness course, we would encourage you to look into more specific training that you think may be particularly relevant to you in your job if needed. During the course we do provide a lot of useful video links to supplement to your learning.

Interested in learning more about bats? You may want to consider our online Bat Ecology and Surveying course which covers all the key topics needed to gain your bat license.

How the course is delivered:

The course is delivered as three online self-study modules. They will be available as soon as you book and you can work through them in your own time. Allow around 4-5 hours to complete the course and do some of your own research. At the end, there will be a short quiz, and if you get over 70%, you will receive a Certificate. 

Health and Safety Awareness for Bat Workers Course Outline

Module 1:

• Night work – general hazards
• Lone working
• Working outdoors – general hazards

Module 2:

• Working in loft voids – hazards, asbestos, insulation
• Working at height – ladders, scaffolding and cherry pickers
• Driving – at night

Module 3:

• Working near roads
• Biosecurity – rabies and white nose syndrome
• Risk Assessments

Here’s what our students are saying:

This course was really interesting thank you!

Georgia

The course was enjoyable and informative. I found it particularly helpful in how flexible the study time was. You could do one module and then leave it a day or two when you had more time. It has also helped my career prospects.

Tim

A career change in your 40’s its quite a daunting prospect, and even though I had completed lots of self study, small courses and training- I knew there were likely a few gaps in my knowledge, so doing a full structured course made good sense. Whilst some of the content was quite familiar, I was surprised by just how big some of the knowledge gaps were – it really boosted my confidence studying the modules and realising why they were so important. It is a great course that I would recommend to anyone wanting to qualify in Conservation, and has certainly helped me in my new career working as part of a landscape recovery project team

Bill Bradshaw

Useful links, detailed information, great supporting photos

Claire

Sue searl was very knowledgeable and accommodating

Marley

I liked the ability to undertake the course at my own pace.

Naomi