| Training checklist | Tick |
| Legal protection:Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 & The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 or equivalent. | |
| Basic protection | |
| Limits to protection | |
| Dwelling houses | |
| Lawful operations | |
| Circumstances requiring consultation | |
| Limitations of advice by volunteers | |
| Licensing | |
| Licensable activities | |
| SNCO licences | |
| Other licences | |
| Bat biology and ecology | |
| Basic biology | |
| Taxonomy | |
| Relationships with other mammals | |
| Characteristics of families | |
| Physical adaptations for flight | |
| Physiological specialisations | |
| Senses | |
| Basic ecology | |
| Importance in ecosystems | |
| Life histories | |
| Lifespan | |
| Breeding | |
| Food and feeding | |
| Seasonality | |
| Social behaviour | |
| Colony formation and composition | |
| Mating systems and behaviour | |
| Maternal behaviour | |
| Juvenile behaviour | |
| Habitat selection | |
| Roosting | |
| Range of roost sites | |
| Seasonal changes in site selection | |
| Feeding | |
| Range of feeding habits |
| Training checklist (continued) | Tick |
| Diurnal rhythms in feeding behaviour | |
| Bat conservation | |
| Threats to bats | |
| Historical evidence | |
| Current threats | |
| Habitat change/loss | |
| Loss of hibernacula | |
| Loss of summer roost sites | |
| Effects of modern farming | |
| Loss of insects | |
| Pesticides | |
| Remedial timber treatment | |
| Agricultural pesticides | |
| Persecution and intolerance | |
| Sensitivity of bats to disturbance | |
| In winter | |
| In summer | |
| Public relations | |
| Site visits | |
| Safety | |
| Visits to householders who have discovered bats | |
| Arranging the visit | |
| Analysing the situation | |
| Persuasion and education | |
| Sensitivity to fears and phobias | |
| Practical help and limits to advice | |
| Follow-up action | |
| Further visits | |
| Recording and reporting | |
| Consultation/liaison with the SNCO | |
| Visits to buildings requiring works which may affect bats | |
| Arranging the visit | |
| Analysing the situation | |
| Inspecting the site | |
| Collecting relevant information | |
| Follow-up action | |
| Completion of report | |
| Suggestions for advice |
| Training checklist (continued) | Tick |
| Liaison with the SNCO | |
| Presenting bats to the public | |
| Giving talks | |
| Dealing with the media | |
| Practical methods | |
| Health and safety in bat work | |
| Health and first aid | |
| Travel and night or lone working | |
| Safety in and around building | |
| Safety underground | |
| Safety at tree roosts | |
| Safety at public events | |
| Handling and examining bats | |
| Handling | |
| Identification | |
| Examining | |
| Catching bats | |
| Inside roosts | |
| At roost entrances | |
| In the open | |
| Survey work | |
| Hibernacula | |
| Safety | |
| Frequency of survey | |
| Liaison | |
| Summer roosts | |
| Frequency of survey |
