Diary

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.

IPAV Meeting: national executive council. July 13th, 4.30pm. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685.

RIAI

CPD: Designing for Safety - half-day programme for architects to meet new requirements. Developed by the RIAI and Douglas Wallace Architects and Designers. Contact: cbolster@riai.ie or phone 01-6691472.

CPD: energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD). Course in three parts: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 - to book for this seminar, contact sue.murphy@ucd.ie.

Engineers Ireland

CPD: chairing meetings. September 12th, Clyde Road.

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

Organic Centre

Conference: Irish permaculture conference. Various speakers, July 7th and 8th.

Course: how to live the good life. July 23rd till July 27th. Growing organic vegetables; using herbs; making yogurts and soft cheeses. Fee: €600. Details: 071-9854338 or email organiccentre@eircom.net or www.theorganiccentre@eircom.net

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 higher national diploma.

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 certificate in architectural technology and design.

Course: certificate in construction technology. Details: 01-2809676 or www.dlcfe.ie.

Course: interior design. FETAC level five. Mornings only.

Course: floristry and garden design course. FETAC level five qualification. Mornings only. All courses commence September 2007. Details: 01-2985412 or 01-2951376 or www.cfedundrum.com.

SQT Training

Course: introduction to energy management/auditing.

Course: construction safety management - 2006 safety regulations.

Course: applied project management (PMBOK). Details: 061-339040 or www.sqt.ie or email info@sqt.ie.

Institute of Project Management

Course: diploma in applied project management, Cork, Dublin and Galway. Email info@projectmanagement.ie, or www.projectmanagement.ie. Details: 01-6614677.

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: safe pass training programme. July 6th, 11th, 13th, 20th & 25th. Fee: €120 & €23 FÁS registration fee (members), €130 & €23 FÁS registration fee (non-members).

Course: workshop one - general applications regulations 2007 workshop. Workshop two: local authority contractor safety questionnaire workshop. July 2nd, Silver Springs Hotel, Cork. Registration times: 8.30am for workshop one and 1.30pm for workshop two. Fee: individual workshops (€190, members) and €240 (non-members). If attending both workshops special rates of €350 (members) and €450 (non-members) apply. Workshops also take place on July 9th, Marriott Courtyard Hotel, Headford Road, Galway.

Course: VDU assessors' course, July 3rd and 4th. Fee: €600 (members), €750 (non-members).

Course: occupational first aid refresher/re-cert course. July 5th. Fee: €240 (members), €265 (non-members).

Course: manual handling instructors course. July 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th and 17th. Fee: €1,295 (members), €1,375 (non-members).

Course: manual handling instructors refreshers course, July 10th & 11th. Fee: €455 (members), €485 (non-members).

Course: occupational first aid. July 17th. Fee: €425 (members), €525 (non-members).

Course: safety representative course. July 10th, National Irish Safety Organisation, A11 Calmount Park, Ballymount, Dublin 12. Fee: €275 (members) and €350 (non members).

Course: NISO certificate in occupational health and safety (submitted for HETEC accreditation level six). October 9th until November 27th, 2007, each Tuesday from 2pm till 6pm. Venue: National Irish Safety Organisation, A11, Calmount Park, Ballymount, Dublin 12. Email: bookings@niso.ie. Tel: 01-4659760 or www.niso.ie.

Irish Council for Social Housing

Awards: community housing award 2007 - call for nominations. This award is intended to recognise excellence in the provision of social housing. The competition is open to all housing associations, co-operatives and local authorities operating schemes in the state which have been completed post September 2005 and pre July 2007. Closing date: July 13th, 2007. Details: Martina Rooney. Tel: 01-6618334 or email martina@icsh.ie.

Irish Architectural Archive

Exhibition: exhibition of photographs by Hugh Doran. Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm till October 12th, 2007. Admission: free. Details: 01-6633040.

Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037.