Acoustic Survey Qualification

Assess a Typical Survey

Certified Bat Echolocation Analysis with Manual Vetting Skills

Available late March 2023. To apply for a certification, we suggest that students have attended past BatSS trainings or have extensive in-field experience with collecting and analyzing bat calls. All in-person and online BatSS courses and workshops, as well as the in-person SonoBat Workshop by BCM include bat call ID instruction.

Students choose one of 4-region packs and are assigned 250 sample WAV files from a single recording location in that region and are required to assess the collection, providing: (1) a complete list of species probably present; (2) a list of species possibly present; (3) the total number of ambiguous hi-frequency species, ambiguous low-frequency species, and (if applicable) ultra-low frequency species; (4) the number of any noise and/or non-bat recordings in the collection; (5) total number of feeding/drinking buzzes, and social calls or directives in the collection; and (6) identification of archetypical files supporting the decisions made for assigning recordings to the above divisions. Students have 10 days from assignment to provide a report with their analysis. Certification will be issued for a satisfactory report. Keep skills sharp and impress colleagues and clients by completing additional volumes annually as continuing education.

In addition to regional bat calls, collections include non-bat noise such as insects, birds, and mechanical noise that can sometimes shares data space with some bat species.

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