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Dates for courses, workshops, events, exhibitions etc.

IPAV

Course: certificate in Auctioneering and Estate Agency. Envolment now taking place for our part-time certificate in Auctioneering and Estate Agency Course. Venues: Institutes of Technology Cork, Waterford, Tallaght and Galway. Application forms available at www.ipav.ie or contact 01-678 5685

Course: certificate diploma in Fine and Decorative Arts. Enrolment now taking place for both full-time Diploma Course and part-time Certificate Course in Fine and Decorative Arts. Application forms available at www.ipav.ie or contact 01-678 5685. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2.

IAVI

Course: urban development and Investment appraisal course, July 24th, 25th, 31st and August 1st, 9am to 1pm. Course Facilitator: Dr Brendan Williams. Further details: Julie Creedon. E-mail: julie@iavi.ie

Event: Tennis Tournament will take place on August 27th at 4pm, Lansdowne Tennis Club. Further details: Valerie Bourke at 01-661 1794 or e-mail: valerie@iavi.ie

Irish Property Owners Association

Course: professional training in aspects of residential property rental in Ireland. Details: 01-827 6000, e-mail info@ipoa.ie or see www.ipoa.ie

RIAI

Course: Health and Safety - Designing for Safety. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or 01-669 1472

Institute of Project Management

Course: Diploma in Applied Project Management commences: Dublin, Cork - September 2008.

Course: project management passport. Commences: Dublin, Limerick - September and Cork - October.

Course: international certification. Details available upon request. Details: 01-661 4677 or e-mail info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie

Organic Centre

Course: Learn How to Live the Good Life - organic gardening, growing and using herbs and fruit, cheesemaking, baking and wholefood cooking, jam making, etc. July 21st to 25th. Fee: €690.

Event: Garden Party - grow your own - make a difference - save money - have fun. Action-packed day on how to grow some of your own organic food, plus guided tours around the gardens and orchard. July 20th, 11am to 5pm. Fee: €7 with children free. Details: 071-985 4338 or e-mail: info@the organiccentre.ie or visit www.theorganiccentre.ie

Irish Complimentary Educational Systems

Workshop: Property Masterclass, September 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, October 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th.

Achill Archaeological Field School

Course: digital survey, mapping and CAD for Archaeologists. 12th July.

Course: Archaeology Professional Development - advanced digital survey, mapping and CAD. July 26th.

Course: introduction ot Maritime Archaeology, August 11th to 15th. Details: 098-43564 or e-mail info@achill-fieldschool.com or visit www.achill-fieldschool.com

Course: Bare Bones. Intensive course in excavation and recording procedures on site plus one-day tour of archaeological sites on Achill Island or nearby Clare Island in Clew Bay. August 11th.

Business to Art

Exhibition: 10,000 to 50: contemporary art from the members of Business to Arts on view at The Irish Museum of Modern Art until August 4th. See www.businesstoarts.ie

National Irish Safety Organisation

Seminar: Safety Health for Directors and Senior Managers, August 6th, NISO, Ballymount, Dublin 12

Course: occupational first aid recertification, July 17th, NISO, Ballymount, Dublin 12

Course: manual handling instructor course, July 21st to 23rd, and July 28th and 29th, Marino Institute of Education, Dublin 9.

Course: manual handling instructor refresher course, July 22nd and 23rd, Marino Institute of Education, Dublin 9

Course: Safepass every Friday at NISO, Ballymount, Dublin 12.

Course: Safepass, July 30th, NISO, Ballymount, Dublin 12

Course: Occupatonal First Aid. July 15th, 16th, and 17th, NISO, Ballymount, Dublin 12

Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education

Course: Architectural Technology and Design, Furniture Design and Manufacture and Construction Technology, FETAC-awarded full-time courses commencing September 2008. Details: 01-280 9676 or see www.dlcfe.ie

Pearse College of Further Education

Course: Architectural Draughting and CAD FETAC level 5, commencing September 2008.

Course: Architectural Technology and Design. FETAC level 6 commencing September 2008. Details on above courses: 01 453 6661 or visit www.pearsecollege.ie

Senior College Dun Laoghaire

Course: Interior Design. One, two or three years, mornings option, RHODEC and Higher National Diploma qualifications possible.

Course: Garden Design: two-year Higher National Diploma, leading to one further year for Hons Degree at University of Gloucester

Course: Landscape Design: two-year Higher National Diploma, leading to one further year for Hons Degree at University of Gloucester

Course: Auctioneering: two-year Certificate (IPAV), leading to two further years for Hons Degree at College Commerce Cork and University of West England

Course: Health and Safety: one-year Higher National Certificate, two-year Higher National Diploma, mornings option. All of the above courses commence in September 2008. For further details: 01-280 0385, e-mail: office@scd.ie or visit www.scd.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