Legislation for Bat Workers is a thorough introduction to the law around working with bats. This course is essential if you are working in ecological consultancy or working towards your bat licence.

Bats are fully protected by law, and as ecologists and conservationists, it is vital that we work within the legal framework and ensure our clients are, too. 

In this course, we cover all aspects of bat legislation: its origins (the conventions and directives), the key legislation concerning bats, licensing, and how we apply legislation in our work.

We work through a detailed breakdown of the different types of personal licences for bat workers and how to gain your bat licence. We also cover details on mitigation licences, the three tests, and when a mitigation licence is needed.

Case studies will allow you to work through some scenarios. We look at what professional consultants did to move the project forward and how they were able to satisfy the client, whilst sticking to the law.

This course is written by Sue Searle BSc, PGDip, MCIEEM. Sue is a Principal Ecologist and has been a bat worker for 20 years and has written over 70 bat EPSLs. In this course, she shares her skills, knowledge and insights into bats and the law.

How the Legislation for Bat Workers course is delivered:

Once you book on the course, you will have access the modules, a handout of the modules and an end of course quiz. The modules are powerpoints hosted on ETUK’s shared drive and you are provided with links to access them.

You are given all the module links when booking so you can study the course at your own pace.

Is the course assessed?

Yes, you will need to complete the end of course quiz and if you get 70% or more you will receive a certificate.

Here’s what our students are saying:

I would thoroughly recommend this course to novice and intermediate level bat workers across the UK. Legislation can and does change and bat workers are at the front line, often engaging with challenging clients, and must be up to date at all times with current legislation.

David Lowe

It was an incredibly useful and interesting course

DC

Even though I’ve been a bat worker for a while now, I learned more from the course than I was expecting

IM

Depth of knowledge was excellent.

Alister

Flexibility and easy to follow layout.

Michael

ETUK is such wonderful and exciting resource. I came across an advertisement in British Wildlife. I appreciate how generous and comprehensive the information is. It’s very empowering to feel I can actually gain the tools to help to make an impact.

Anna

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

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

Naomi

It was very informative and easy to access and navigate.

Tim