IAVICourse: FÁS safe pass programme. One-day programme. Carlow - today (Seven Oaks Hotel); Meath - October 4th (Ardboyne Hotel, Navan). Details: Noel O'Reilly at noel@iavi.ie.

Meeting: national council. September 27th, 2.30pm, 38 Merrion Sq, D2.

Seminar: agricultural and rural day - the outlook for agriculture, developments in forestry policy and forestry, 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 Sq, D2.

IPAV

Course: diploma in fine and decorative arts starts October (lectures three days a week). Venue: IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01-6785685. E-mail info@ipav.ie.

Course: certificate in fine and decorative arts (lectures one evening a week). IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01-6785685. E-mail info@ipav.ie.

Meeting: board of directors of the Confederation of European Estate Agents. Venue: Berlin, Germany. September 21st. Tel: 01-6785685.

Seminar: members seminar - entitlement to fees and effective marketing skills. October 9th, 7pm. Malton Hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry.

Irish Council for Social Housing

Conference: national conference 2007. September 25th-27th. Whites Hotel, Wexford. Details: Catherine McGillycuddy. Tel: 01-6618334, e-mail 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 Pk, 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). E-mail 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 2pm to 6pm).

Course: occupational first aid (three-day course). September 25th, 26th & 27th. National Irish Safety Organisation, A11 Calmount Pk, Ballymount, D12. Fee: €425 (NISO members), €525 (non-members). Details: e-mail bookings@niso.ie, tel 01-4659760 or www.niso.ie.

RIAI

Exhibition: Irish Architecture Awards 2007 Exhibition in Fáilte Ireland, West James St, Westport, Co Mayo until September 28th, 2007.

Lectures: RIAI/UCD lectures series. Two CPD modules available. Construction legislation - October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and Nov 5th. Procurement and contracts - November 12th, 19th, and 26th, and December 3rd and 10th. Bookings: louise.bannon@ucd.ie.

CPD: health and safety - designing for safety. September 28th. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.

Course: energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD). Part A: introductory half-day seminar. October 17th, 9am (registration, presentation begins at 9.15am) to 1.30pm.

Engineers Ireland

CPD: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 25th and 26th, Clyde Rd, 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, Liffey Valley House Hotel, Leixlip, Co Kildare.

Seminar: nuclear energy. September 27th, Clyde Rd, D2.

National Botanic Gardens

Exhibition: Sculpture in Context. Outdoor sculpture exhibition until October 20th, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, D9. Details: Ana Duncan at 087-6258258 or e-mail anaduncan@eircom.net.

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

Conference: planning and design for heritage and development, October 11th and 12th. Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire. Topics: Berlin Wall, green technology, historic landscapes, saving Italian hilltop villages and protected structures. Details: Tim Carey, heritage officer at 01-2054868. E-mail: tcarey@dlrcoco.ie or www.dlrcoco.ie/heritage/conference.

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. September 24th till November 5th, 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Course director: Mary FitzGerald. Fee: €200. Details: Mary FitzGerald at 01-6787916/086-2520181 or www.maryfitzgeraldpr.ie.

Institute of Project Management

Course: diploma in applied project management recommences Dublin, September 2007 and Cork, Galway and Dublin January 2008.

Course: project management passport, starts Dublin November 5th.

Course: project management framework. Dublin, November 19th & 20th.

Course: international certification. Details: 01 6614677. E-mail: info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.

Society of Chartered Surveyors

Event: annual ball, tomorrow. Burlington Hotel.

Meeting: council meeting. September 27th, 5 Wilton Place, D2.

CPD: new consultants contracts - what you need to know. Speaker: Niav O'Higgins, Arthur Cox. Venue: GMIT, 7.30pm.

Dublin Civic Trust

CPD: maintenance, repair and replacement of traditional sash windows. October 16th.

CPD: timber decay - identification and treatment. Speaker: Dr Brian Ridout, consultant to English Heritage and author of Timber Decay in Buildings. October 23rd, Dublin Civic Trust, 4 Castle Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-4756911 (contact Kerry for bookings). E-mail: info@dublincivictrust.ie.

Irish Architectural Archive

Lecture: Hildreth Meier (1892-1961) - Art Deco mural painter and designer. Lecture by Hildreth Meiere's daughter Louise Meiere Dunn. September 27th, 6pm. Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Sq, D2. Booking essential. Tel: 01-6633040 or e-mail slincoln@iarc.ie.

Irish Planning Institute

Conference: autumn conference 2007 best practice in development plan and development management - an introduction to the new guidelines. October 23rd. Gresham Hotel, O'Connell St, D1. Tel: 01-8788630 or e-mail info@irishplanninginstitute.ie.

Dinner: annual dinner, November 9th, Clarence Hotel, D2. E-mail social@irishplanninginstitute.ie.

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