IPAV
Event:annual convention weekend, May 9th and 10th, Grand Hotel, Malahide. Convention: May 10th, 2.30pm. Guest speakers: John Tierney, Dublin City Manager, Owen ONeill, Anglo Irish Bank, and Pat Falvey, explorer.
Meeting:EGM, May 10th, 10.30am, Grand Hotel, Malahide.
Meeting:AGM, May 10th, 11.30am, Grand Hotel, Malahide.
Dinner:May 10th, 8pm. Guest of Honour: Brian Cowen TD. Grand Hotel, Malahide.
Exams:cert in auctioneering and estate agency (first and second year exams) and diploma in property management and valuation (third year). May 9th, 12th and 14th. Senior College Dun Laoghaire and Cork College of Commerce.
Exams:cert in auctioneering and estate agency (first and second year). May 10th, 12th, 14th and 17th. ITs in Cork, Waterford, Tallaght, Athlone and Galway.
IAVI
Course:BSc lectures (first, second, third and fourth years) May 10th, DIT Bolton St, D1.
Course:residential and land agency lectures (first/second years), May 10th, DIT Bolton St.
Seminar:Northern Ireland regional seminar - new developments. Speaker: Eric Cairns. May 21st, 7.30pm, Dunadry Hotel.
Seminar:changes in VAT on property transactions, May 12th, 9.15am. Speakers: Vincent McCullagh and Donal Kennedy. College of Physicians, Kildare St, D2.
Irish Property Owners Association
Course:aspects of residential property rental. Details: 01-8276000, e-mail info@ipoa.ie or www.ipoa.ie.
RIAI
Course:health safety, designing for safety. Details: Teresa Harte at 01 6691 472.
Institute of Project Management
Course:international cert. Details: 01 661 4677 or e-mail info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
Course:diploma in applied project management - Dublin, Cork and Galway.
Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education
Course:architectural technology and design, furniture design and manufacture and construction technology, FETAC awarded courses. Details: 01 280 9676, www.dlcfe.ie.
Senior College Dun Laoghaire
Course:sustainable and ecological design. One year for higher national certificate.
Course:facilities and property management. One year for higher national certificate.
Course:interior design. One, two or three years, mornings option, RHODEC and higher national diploma qualifications possible.
Course:garden design.
Course:landscape design.
Course:auctioneering, two-year cert (IPAV).
Course:health safety - one year for higher national certificate, two years for higher national diploma, mornings option.
Dublin Civic Trust
Course:brickwork conservation, May 12th 13th, Drimnagh Castle. Details: 01 475 6911.
National Irish Safety Organisation
Course:safety representative course. June 4th-6th, Marino Institute of Education, D9.
Course:manual handling instructor and assessor course, May 12, 13th, 14th, 19th 20th - NISO, Ballymount, D12.
Course:safe pass programme, May 7th, Marino Institute of Education, D9.
Course:manual handling instructor assessor refresher course. May 13th/14th - NISO, Ballymount, D12.
Course:NISO OSH cert starts September 1st (eight weeks), Marino Institute of Education, D9, and starts October 7th (eight weeks) at NISO, Ballymount, D12.
Course:VDU/DSE assessors course (two days), May 6th-7th, NISO, Ballymount, D12.
Course:manual handling instructor assessor refresher course, May 13th-14th, NISO, Ballymount, D12.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch
Course:mediation accreditation training and assessment course, June 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th. Assessment: July 4th and 5th. E-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie.
Ballsbridge College of Further Education
Course:auctioneering (IAVI FETAC). Tel: 01 668 4806, e-mail info@ballsbridge.cdvec.ie or www.ballsbridgecollege.com
Organic Centre
Event:biodiversity day, May 25th, 11am-6pm. Details: 071 985 4338.
Course:live the good life. July 21st-25th. Tel: 071 985 4338, www.theorganiccentre.ie or e-mail info@theorganiccentre.ie.
Irish Complimentary Educational Systems
Workshop:property masterclass, May 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st, September 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, October 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th.
Event:Cork property discovery programme, May 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.
Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Event:CPA annual conference. Speakers: Minister John McGuinness; Jim Miley (Myhome.ie); Derek Hughes (Hughes Hughes). May 23rd, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin. E-mail: jandersson@cpaireland.ie.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition:North by North West - the Life and Work of Liam McCormick. Till July 4th.
Lecture:Right and correct - the seven Donegal churches by Liam McCormick. Carole Pollard, architect. Today: 1.15pm.
Irish Construction
Event:building services - it's all about the costs. May 15th, Croke Park, D3.
Conference:Sustainabuild 2008 conference, June 12th, OReilly Hall, UCD, Belfield.
Pearse College of Further Education
Course:architectural draughting CAD FETAC level five.
Course:architectural technology and design. FETAC level six.
Construction Industry Federation
Event:Galway CIF branch west of Ireland golf outing, May 24th, Oughterard Golf Club. Contact: Gillian Ross at 091 502 680.
Conference:FIEC international construction conference and congress. June 19th-21st. Tel: 01 295 8181 or www.fiecdublin.com.
Irish Property and Facility Management Association
CPD:guide to rent review clauses in commercial leases. Today, 1pm. Speaker: Sean McCormack. 5 Wilton Place, D2.
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
