UK Habitat Classification Training

Note the downloads are at http://ecountability.co.uk/ukhabworkinggroup-ukhab/

If you are interested in attending a course please e-mail bodsey.ecology@btinternet.com.

We are currently planning courses for 2019. Currently the following are arranged:

28th February - bespoke one day course for the East of England Local Records Centres

12th March - bespoke course for the Royal Parks

3rd April - Practitioners' course with FWAG in Gloucester, Somerset or Bristol (places possibly available)

11th April - Practitioners' course at Tetbury Wiltshire (places available).

11th and 12th April - Trainers' course at Tetbury Wiltshire (places available).

14th and 15th May - Bespoke Trainers' course for ERM in Edinburgh.

If you would like a bespoke course or would like to suggest a venue please let us know.

Practitioners' courses will last for one day and will cost £100 and £30 for students. The maximum number of attendees will be 15 to keep the size manageable and friendly. The course will consist of a morning session to run through the needs for UKHab, how it works, mapping protocols and how the field key works. In the afternoon there will be the chance to try the system out in the field. Attendees should bring the platform on which they intend to record in the field. A certificate of attendance will be provided.

Trainers' courses will last for 2 days and will cost £300. The aim of these courses is to provide the necessary information for educators to be able to teach UKHab to others whilst maintaining the consstency that the UKHab Working Group is seeking. The course will be bespoke and depend on the needs of those attending. The course could be based at or near offices of those attending if required. The first day will mirror the Practitioners' course. The second day will be an depth dissection of UKHab with a discussion about its merits and how it relates to other classifications. There will be an afternoon session where teaching techniques for students, newly qualified practioners and experienced practitioners will be discussed so that switching to UKHab becomes as painless as possible. Those attending the course will be given accreditation from the UKHab Working Group to teach others. The course will be subject to demand and will be limited to a maximum of 6 individuals.

Pete Carey of Bodsey Ecology Limited will be providing training in how to use the new UKHab classification of the habitats found in the United Kingdom.

He was one of the 5 person working group that developed the system and was the lead author of the key that accompanies the habitat hierarchy and can gives a view of the new system 'straight from the horse's mouth'. He is an affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge and has taught field techniques for the last 20 years, including the training for the last Countryside Survey.