Online course on estimating conservation projects

FAIC is pleased to offer an online course to meet the needs of
conservators who own or manage a professional conservation business
or laboratory. "Estimating Conservation Projects" provides readings,
case studies, work sheets, presentations, and exercises to get you
thinking and planning. You will learn how to analyze a project, how
to categorize costs, and how to estimate project expenses. Online
discussion forums allow you to draw on the combined experience of
other participants, the course facilitator, and select outside
experts. Best of all, "Estimating Conservation Projects" comes to
you. All you need is a computer with Internet access and you are
ready to learn.

"Estimating Conservation Projects" is a four-week course. The course
will begin on Thursday, April 15 and continue, with new activities
and discussions each week, through May 13. The course site will
remain available for reference and downloads for two weeks after the
course ends. The instructor, Sarah Lowengard, will guide discussions
and offer tips and resources beyond what you find on the course
site. You may work on the course at any time within each week.

What the course will cover:

    Estimating conservation projects of differing size and
    complexity

    What to include when presenting an estimate to a client

    How to break estimates into smaller components for greater
    accuracy

    The basics of project management

    Managing conservators and non-conservators within a project

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you will be
able to:

    Identify the basic parts of a project estimate

    Identify factors that will affect the total of each basic part,
    for a small, medium, or large project

    Recognize different techniques to attach dollar amounts to each
    part of an estimate

    Develop the connection between estimating and administration of
    a project

    Apply the techniques of estimating to a hypothetical situation

Time Requirements: Expect to spend at least six hours per week on
the course--roughly the equivalent of attending a full-day workshop
each week. You will use this time to complete exercises, and to read
and respond to the work of others in the course. You choose when,
according to your own schedule.

Registration: The fee for this course is $200 for AIC members, $300
for non-members. To register online, go to

    <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/courses>

To register by mail or fax, please contact the AIC office at
info<-at->conservation-us<.>org.

The registration deadline is April 19, 2010. Participants will be
accepted in order of receipt of paid registration. Enrollment is
limited, so early registration is advised.

About the Instructor:

    Sarah Lowengard, Ph.D., has more than twenty years' teaching
    experience in both formal university classrooms and informal
    education programs. She has developed, taught, or led courses,
    workshops, and tutorials in art conservation, collections care,
    history, academic research and materials analysis. A
    private-practice art conservator since 1979, she initiated the
    Conservation Course Syllabus Web pages for Conservation OnLine
    and served on the AIC Education and Training Committee.

This course was created with funding from the Getty Foundation. It
is presented with funding from the FAIC Endowment for Professional
Development, which is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
and by gifts from members and friends of the American Institute for
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

Eric Pourchot, Ph.D.
Institutional Advancement Director
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic
    and Artistic Works
1156 15th St. NW, Suite 320
Washington, DC  20005-1714
Direct Phone: 202-661-8061
AIC/FAIC Office Phone:  202-452-9545
Fax: 202-452-9328


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