IAVI:Course: FÁS safe pass programme. One-day programme.
Galway - today (Galway Bay Hotel); Dublin - September 11th (39 Merrion Square); Carlow - September 20th (Seven Oaks Hotel); Meath - October 4th (Ardboyne Hotel, Navan). Details: Noel O'Reilly at noel@iavi.ie.
Meeting:Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: private tenancies order 2007. September 19th, 7.30pm, The Wellington Park Hotel.
Meeting:national council. September 27th, 2.30pm, 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Seminar:agricultural and rural day - the situation and outlook for agriculture, developments in forestry policy and the forestry sector, forestry as an investment and valuation of forests, sustainable energy as a land use option, wind farms, solar panels and their valuation. Speakers: Dr Thia Hennessy, Teagasc; Mary Ryan, Forestry Development Unit, Teagasc; Henry Philips, forestry consultant and Michael Foody, MIAVI, Swift Property Services. October 2nd, 9.30am to 4pm. Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.
Seminar:investment training for real estate agents - investment in the stock market; economics of the property market; developments in investment products; personal finance and mortgages. Speakers: Brian O'Loughlin, financial consultant and author; Jim Power, FIAVI, economist, Friends First; John Lowe, Providence Finance. October 2nd, 9am to 4.30pm, 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
IPAV
Course:bachelor of business in real estate - management and valuation (full-time route for students). Venue: Athlone IT. Tel: 0906-424400 or email info@ait.ie.
Course:diploma in property management and valuation (full-time route for students). Venue: Cork College of Commerce. Tel: 021-4223803 or email pbrady@ccoc.ie.
Course:certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (full-time route for students). Venues: Dún Laoghaire Senior College (tel 01-2800385 or email info@scd.ie); Cork College of Commerce (tel 021-4223803 or email pbrady@ccoc.ie).
Course:diploma in fine and decorative arts commencing October (lectures held three days per week). Venue: IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01-6785685. Email: info@ipav.ie.
Course:certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (part-time route for mature students). Venues: institutes of technology in Athlone, Cork and Tallaght. Tel: 01-6785685. Email: info@ipav.ie.
Course:certificate in fine and decorative arts - part-time route for mature students (lectures one evening a week). IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01-6785685. Email: info@ipav.ie.
Meeting:national executive council. September 14th, 4.30pm. IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01-6785685.
Meeting:board of directors of the Confederation of European Estate Agents. Venue: Berlin, Germany. September 21st. Tel: 01-6785685.
Irish Council for Social Housing
Conference:national conference 2007. September 25th-27th. Whites Hotel, Wexford town. Details: Catherine McGillycuddy 01-6618334, email catherine@icsh.ie or www.icsh.ie.
National Irish Safety Organisation
Course:safe pass training programme every Wednesday and Friday. Venues: National Irish Safety Organisation, A11 Calmount Park, Ballymount, D12; Artane Beaumont Recreation Centre, Kilmore Rd, Artane, D5. Price: €120 plus €23 FÁS registration fee (NISO member) or €130 plus €23 FÁS registration fee (non-member). Email bookings@niso.ie or www.niso.ie.
Course:certificate in occupational health and safety (submitted for HETEC accreditation level six). October 9th until November 27th (Tuesdays from 2pm to 6pm).
Course:manual handling instructors course. September 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th & 18th. Venue: National Irish Safety Association, A11 Calmount Park, Ballymount, D12. Fee: €1,295 (NISO member): €1,375 (non-members).
Course:manual handling instructors refreshers course. September 11th & 12th. Venue: National Irish Safety Organisation, A11 Calmount Park, Ballymount, D12. Fee: €455 (NISO members): €485 (non-members).
Course:occupational first aid refresher. September 19th, National Irish Safety Organisation, A11, Calmount Pk, Ballymount, D12. Fee: €240 (NISO members); €265 (non-members).
Course:occupational first aid (three-day course). September 25th, 26th & 27th. National Irish Safety Organisation, A11 Calmount Park, Ballymount, D12. Fee: €425 (NISO members) €525 (non-members). Details: email bookings@niso.ie, tel 01-4659760 or www.niso.ie.
Engineers Ireland
CPD:construction contract awareness, September 17th and 18th, Clyde Road, D2.
CPD:project management (module one) in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 18th and 19th, Clyde Rd, D2.
CPD:technical report writing. September 19th and 20th, Clyde Rd, D2.
CPD:road maintenance, September 19th and 20th, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore.
CPD:project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 25th and 26th, Clyde R, D2.
CPD:project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 25th and 26th, Clyde Rd, D2.
CPD:MS project. September 27th, Springfield Hotel, Leixlip, Co Kildare.
RIAI
Exhibition:Irish Architecture Awards 2007 Exhibition in Fáilte Ireland, West James St, Westport, Co Mayo until September 28th, 2007.
Exhibition:Into the Unknown. New paintings by Helen Blair, until September 21st. RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, D2.
CPD:business of architecture. Eight-day programme to develop business skills among architects with business or management responsibilities. Dates: October 5th and 19th. November 2nd, 16th and 30th, and January 18th and February 1st. DCUBS Centre for Executive Programmes, DCU. Places limited to 30. Closing date for bookings: September 14th. Contact: 01-7008106 or email ruth.finnegan@dcu.ie.
Lectures:RIAI/UCD lectures series. Three CPD modules available. Architectural practice - September 10th, 17th and 24th. Construction legislation - October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th. Procurement and contracts - November 12th, 19th, and 26th, and December 3rd and 10th. Bookings: louise.bannon@ucd.ie.
CPD:project management in the built environment designed by Integrated Project Management for RIAI members, associates, architectural technicians and the employees of registered RIAI practices. September 11th, 18th and 25th. Contact: tharte@riai.ie.
CPD:health and safety - designing for safety. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.
Course:energy performance of buildings directive. In consultation with the RIAI, the UCD Energy Research Group and Rickaby Thompson Associates have developed a DEAP Building Energy Rating (BER) assessor training course for design professionals. Details: sue.murphy@ucd.ie or (01) 716 2721.
Organic Centre
Event:organic fair. Walk and workshop on wild herbs, kids programme featuring healthy school lunch boxes; women's day in conjunction with the North Leitrim Women's Resource Group and women's initiatives from Fermanagh; harvest celebration of 12 community gardens. September 8th to 16th. Details: The Organic Centre, 071-9854338, email organiccentre@eircom.net or www.theorganiccentre.ie.
National Botanic Gardens
Exhibition:Sculpture in Context. Outdoor sculpture exhibition with sculptors from Ireland, US, UK, Netherlands, Hungary, France, Canada, Finland and Estonia until October 20th, 2007. National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Details: Ana Duncan at 087-6258258 or email anaduncan@eircom.net.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Conference:planning and design for heritage and development, October 11th and 12th. Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire. Speakers look at topics like the Berlin Wall, green/eco-roof technology, historic landscapes, saving Italian hilltop villages and protected structures. Details: Tim Carey, heritage officer at 01-2054868. Email: tcarey@dlrcoco.ie or www.dlrcoco.ie/heritage/conference.
Irish Georgian Society
Exhibition:traditional building and conservation skills. September 8th and 9th. Adare, Co Limerick. Details: 01-6767053 or www.igs.ie.
Construction Industry Federation
Event:CIF federation weekend. September 28th-30th. Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny.
Event:annual dinner of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA). September 22nd, Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin 4.
National College of Ireland
Course:"property ladder". Six-week evening course on property investment. Starts September 24th till November 5th, 7.30pm to 9.30pm every Monday. Course director: Mary FitzGerald. Fee: €200. Details: Mary FitzGerald at 01 6787916/086 2520181.
Institute of Project Management
Course:diploma in applied project management recommences Dublin, Cork and Galway - September 2007.
Course:project management passport, starts Dublin September 11th and November 5th.
Course:project management framework. Dublin September 6th & 7th and November 19th & 20th.
Society of Chartered Surveyors
Event:annual ball. September 21st. Burlington Hotel.
Meeting:council meeting. September 27th, 5 Wilton Place, Dublin 2.
CPD:APC training for counsellors, supervisors and candidates. Speaker: Zoe O'Connor. September 10th. Quality Hotel Oranmore, Galway. 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
