IAVICourse: urban development and investment appraisal. July 20th/21st and July 27th/28th, 9am to 1pm. Course facilitator: Dr Brendan Williams.
Event: tennis tournament. August 29th, 4pm. Lansdowne Tennis Club. Sponsored by The Irish Times.
Course:FÁS safe pass programme. One-day programme will be held as follows: Galway - September 6th (Galway Bay Hotel); Dublin - September 11th (38 Merrion Square); Carlow - September 20th (Seven Oaks Hotel); Sligo - September 25th (Clarion Hotel); Meath - October 4th (Ardboyne Hotel, Navan). Details: Noel O'Reilly at noel@iavi.ie.
Exams:certificate in auctioneering & estate agency (part-time route for mature students), August 11th to 16th. Venues: institutes of technology in Athlone, Cork, Tallaght, Waterford and GMIT (Galway). Tel: 01-6785685.
Exams:certificate in auctioneering & estate agency and diploma in property management and valuation (full-time route). Venues: Dún Laoghaire Senior College and Cork College of Commerce. Tel: 01-6785685.
Courses:bachelor of business in real estate (management and valuation - full-time route for students). Commencing September. Venue: Athlone Institute of Technology. Tel: 0906-424400 or email info@ait.ie.
Course:diploma in property management and valuation. September 2007 (full-time route for students). Venue: Cork College of Commerce. Tel: 021-4223803 or email pbrady@ccoc.ie.
Course:certificate in auctioneering & estate agency (full-time route for students). September 2007. Venues: Dún Laoghaire Senior College. Tel: 01-2800385 or email info@scd.ie, and Cork College of Commerce. Tel: 021-4223803 or email pbrady@ccoc.ie.
Course:diploma in fine and decorative arts (lectures held three days per week). September 2007. Venue: IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685 or email info@ipav.ie.
Courses:certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (part-time route for mature students). September 2007. Venues: institutes of technology at Athlone, Cork and Tallaght. Tel: 01-6785685 or email info@ipav.ie.
Course:certificate in fine and decorative arts, lectures held one evening per week (part-time route for mature students). September 2007. Tel: 01-6785685. Email: info@ipav.ie.
RIAI
Exhibition:the Irish Architecture Awards 2007 exhibition until July 27th in RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. The exhibition will tour various locations nationally throughout 2007 and 2008.
CPD:health and safety - designing for safety. Details: Catherine Bolster at tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.
CPD:energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD). The course is in three parts and comprises: introductory seminar (half-day, organised by the RIAI); a manual; and two days technical training (organised by UCD). Part A: introductory seminar, details from tharte@riai.ie/01-6691472.
Part C1 & C2:BER assessor training, contact sue.murphy@ucd.ie.
Lecture:Sustainable city regeneration by Andy Bow, senior partner, Foster and Partners. September 14th, 7pm. Free (booking essential). RSVP: imarshall@riai.ie.
Exhibition:Into the Unknown. New painting by Helen Blair. From September 1st until September 21st. RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Engineers Ireland
CPD:construction contract awareness, September 17th & 18th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD:project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 18th & 19th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD:technical report writing, September 19th & 20th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD:road maintenance, September 19th & 20th, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.
CPD:project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 25th & 26th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD:project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 25th & 26th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2. Centre for Project Management, UL.
CPD:MS project. September 27th. Springfield Hotel, Leixlip, Co Kildare.
Bray Institute of Further Education
Courses:interior design, FETAC level five one-year course; BTEC higher national diploma - two-year course with progression to degree.
Course:furniture design; FETAC level five.
Course:garden design; FETAC level five.
Course:graphic design; BTEC HND.
Course:fashion design; FETAC level five one-year course; BTEC higher national diploma. Details: 01-2866233.
Morning course: health and safety - one-year course leading to higher national certificate.
Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education
Course:certificate in architectural technology and design.
Course:advanced cert in architectural technology and design.
Course:construction technology certificate. Details: 01-2809676 or www.dlcfe.ie.
Course:interior design. FETAC level five.
Course:floristry and garden design. FETAC level five. Mornings. All courses commence September 2007. Details: 01-2985412/ 01-2951376/ www.cfedundrum.com.
Senior College Dún Laoghaire
Course:interior design. One, two or three years, mornings option, RHODEC and higher national diploma qualifications, possible degree progression to DIT.
Course:garden design - two years to higher national diploma leading to one further year for degree at University of Gloucester.
Course:landscape design - two-year higher national diploma, leading to one further year for degree at University of Gloucester.
Course:auctioneering - two-year certificate (IPAV) leading to two further years for degree at University of West England.
Course:health and safety, one-year higher national certificate, two-year higher national diploma, mornings option. Details: 1800 265534, email info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.
National Irish Safety Organisation
Course:basic manual handling. July 24th. Fee: €90 (members), €95 (non members).
Course:NISO certificate in occupational health and safety (submitted for HETEC accreditation level six). October 9th to November 27th - Tuesdays 2pm to 6pm. National Irish Safety Organisation, A11, Calmount Pk, Ballymount, D12. Email: bookings@niso.ie. Tel: 01-4659760 or www.niso.ie.
Organic Centre
Course:how to live the good life. July 23rd till July 27th. Fee: €600.
Event:garden day, July 22nd, 11am to 5pm. Details: 071-9854338; email organiccentre@eircom.net or www.theorganiccentre@eircom.net.
SQT Training
Three courses: introduction to energy management/auditing; construction safety management - 2006 safety regulations; applied project management (PMBOK); 061-339040 or www.sqt.ie or info@sqt.ie.
Institute of Project Management
Course:diploma in applied project management, Cork, Dublin and Galway. Details: 01-6614677; info@projectmanagement.ie, or www.projectmanagement.ie.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition:photographs by Hugh Doran. Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm.
Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;
e-mail: mhetherington@irish-times.ie
