Dates for your diary
Course: enrol now for part-time cert in auctioneering estate agency at institutes of technology Cork, Waterford, Tallaght, Galway and Letterkenny. See www.ipav.ie or phone 01 678 5685.
Course: enrol now for full and part-time cert and diploma in fine and decorative arts at IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. See www.ipav.ie or phone 01 678 5685.
Meeting: national executive council, Sept 12th, 4pm, IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2.
IAVI
Meeting: national council, Sept 11th, 11am, 38 Merrion Sq, D2.
Seminar: introduction to arbitration, Sept 15th, 9.15am to 5pm. Speakers: James Bridgman, Bernard Gogarty and David Gill.
Course: valuation refresher course, Sept 17th to Oct 11th, 38 Merrion Sq, D2.
Seminar: Connaught/Donegal seminar - update on NPSRA for forthcoming legislation. Speakers: Tom Lynch, director designate NPSRA and Roland OConnell, FIAVI. Sept 23rd. McWilliam Park Hotel, Claremorris.
Event: induction day for BSc in property studies and higher cert in property studies, Sept 27th.
Irish Property Owners Association
Course: training in aspects of residential property rental in Ireland. Details: 01 827 6000, e-mail info@ipoa.ie or www.ipoa.ie.
RIAI
Course: health and safety - designing for safety. Tel: Teresa Harte 01 669 1472.
Institute of Project Management
Course: diploma in applied project management starts Dublin, Cork (Sept).
Course: project management passport starts Dublin, Limerick (Sept) and Cork (Oct).
Dublin Civic Trust
Seminar: repair of historic brick. Sept 8th.
Seminar: structural repair of historic buildings. Speaker: Ian Hume. Oct 7th. Tel: 01 475 6911 or e-mail info@dublincivictrust.ie.
Irish Complimentary Educational Systems
Workshop: property masterclass, Sept 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th Oct 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th.
Sculpture in Context
Event: Sculpture in Context 2008 exhibition until Oct 17th, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. Tel: Ana Duncan 087 6258258.
Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education
Course: architectural technology and design, furniture design and manufacture and construction technology courses starting Sept. Details: 01 280 9676 or www.dlcfe.ie.
Pearse College of Further Education
Course: architectural draughting CAD FETAC level 5, starts Sept.
Course: architectural technology and design, starts Sept. Tel: 01 453 6661.
Senior College Dun Laoghaire
Course: interior design. One, two or three years, mornings option, RHODEC and higher national diploma qualifications possible.
Course: garden design. To higher national diploma/degree at University of Gloucester.
Course: landscape design. To higher national diploma/degree at University of Gloucester.
Course: auctioneering. To cert (IPAV) and degree level.
Course: health safety. To higher national certificate/diploma, mornings option. Tel: 01 280 0385 or www.scd.ie.
Construction Industry Federation
Event: preserving profitability in a downturn. CIF roadshow with Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon in Galway, Carlow, Cork, Waterford, Naas, Ashbourne, Tullamore, Limerick, Kerry, Donegal and Sligo. Till Sept 24th.
Event: civil engineering contractors association dinner, Croke Park, Sept 19th. Tel: Alison Irving 01 406 6000.
Convention: Master Painters and Decorators of Ireland convention, Oct 2nd-5th, Clarion Hotel, Cork. Tel: Vivienne Ball 01 4066025.
Event: breakfast briefing with Jerry Howard, CEO National Association of Home Buildings in the US, Oct 7th, Radisson Hotel, D8. Tel: Sinead Cashin 01 406 6028.
Event: federation weekend, Oct 10th-12th, Radisson Hotel, Galway. Tel: Esther Tuck 01 406 6000.
Event: breakfast briefing with Frank Ryan, CEO Enterprise Ireland, Oct 16th, CIF Dublin offices. Tel: Sinead Cashin 01 406 6028.
Conference: construction opportunities at home and abroad 2009, Nov 18th, Radisson Hotel, D8. Tel: Sinead Cashin 01 406 6028.
Event: MBCA annual dinner, Nov 21st. Tel: Debbie Beddows at 01 406 6000.
National Irish Safety Organisation
Course: noise measurement, Sept 29th, 30th and Oct 6th and 7th. NISO, Ballymount, D12.
Course: occupational safety and health cert (eight weeks) starts Oct 7th.
Course: VDU/DSE assessors course. Sept 8th 9th. Tel: 01 465 9760, www.niso.ie.
Organic Centre
Event: Harvest Feast with Drumshanbo Flower Festival, Drumshanbo, Sept 13th, and Organic Centre, Rossinver, Sept 14th. See www.harvestfeast.ie.
Workshop: autumn harvest workshop with Caroline Walsh, Sept 20th. Tel: 071 9854338 or e-mail info@theorganiccentre.ie.
Achill Archaeological Field School
Course: advanced digital survey for archaeologists, Sept 13th-15th and Sept 20th to 22nd. Dooagh, Achill Island.
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Exhibition lectures: Rubbing shoulders with the dead - rubbings of late medieval and early modern tombstones. Tel: 01 676 1749.
Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland
Event: CPA practitioners conference. Sept 19th 20th, Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny. Details: www.cpaireland.ie.
Commercial Events
Conference: plan architecture and design conference, Sept 25th, Royal Marine, Dún Laoghaire. Tel: Sarah Doolan 01 764 2413.
Chartered Institute of Builders
Event: construction manager of the year awards, gala dinner, Sept 26th, Conrad Hotel, D2. Tel: Niamh OGorman, 01 640 1846.
Irish Planning Institute
CPD: regeneration - issues, impacts on communities and lessons learnt, Sept 25th, Patrick Punchs Hotel, Punches Cross, Limerick city.
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