Galway-Mayo IT: diploma property valuation and estate agency; 1998-1999 cut-off points: 325
Limerick IT: degree in property valuation and management (valuation surveying); 1998-99 cutoff points: 340
degree in property economics (valuation surveying); 1998-99 cut-off points: 395; diploma in auctioneering, valuation and estate agency; 1998-99 cut-off points 360* (* random selection - not all applicants with this points level were offered places)
Some PLC colleges offering auctioneering/estate agency courses:Ballsbridge College of Business Studies, Dublin; Cork College of Commerce; Senior College, Dun Laoghaire. Check local VEC or PLC college.
Professional bodies:
Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute (IAVI), 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 - phone (01) 661
1794: Courses approved by the IAVI for the purposes of full membership include: four-year degree courses at LIT, DIT and UU: three-year diploma courses at DIT and Galway-Mayo IT. The IAVI's revised prospectus, which includes some careers material and a list of approved courses, is now available.
Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV), 39 Upper Fitzwilliam St, Dublin 2 - phone (01) 678 5685: Two-year IPAV certificate courses are provided by Cork College of Commerce and Dun Laoghaire Senior College. One-year follow-on diploma in Cork College of Commerce and further one-year follow-on degree in Glamorgan University, Wales.
