2008 Calendar of Events - Updated Feb. 28, 2008

O.R.F.A. continues to solicite both "Expressions of Interest" to act as training hosts for our 2008 Calendar of Training Events, as well as providing specific "In-House training quotations" to meet your operational needs. For more information, please contact - Mr. Terry Piche, Technical Director at 416.426.7062 or by e-mail: tpiche@orfa.com

2008 TRAINING CATALOGUE & REGISTRATION FORM - PDF available soon

JANUARY	EVENT	LOCATION
2008 Special Recognitions	O.R.F.A. Celebrates 60th Anniversary
	Sports Turf Association Celebrates 20th Anniversary
January 25	Emerging Issues and Operating Engineer Regulation Workshop	Dryden, ON
January 28	SIRO - Safe Ice Resurfacer Operator	Beausejour, MN
January 29	Basic Housekeeping and Sanitation and Life Cycle Planning	Beausejour, MN
January 30	SIRO - Safe Ice Resurfacer Operator	Winnipeg, MN
January 31	Basic Housekeeping and Sanitation and Life Cycle Planning	Winnipeg, MN
FEBRUARY	EVENT	LOCATION
February 1	SIRO - Safe Ice Resurfacer Operator	Flin Flon, MN
February 4	O.R.F.A./Union Gas Indoor Air Quality Workshop	Thunder Bay, ON
February 6-7	Ontario Parks Association 52nd Annual Educational Seminars & Explorations Trade Show	Hamilton, ON
February 11	O.R.F.A./Union Gas Indoor Air Quality Workshop	Timmins, ON
February 12	Ice Resurfacer Safety and Plant Room Entry Workshops FULL	Peterborough, ON
February 14 9:00am - Noon	Basic Housekeeping and Sanitation/ Dealing with Violence in the Workplace Workshops	North Perth, ON
February 11-14	Basic Refrigeration	Belleville, ON
February 15	SIRO - Safe Ice Resurfacer Operator	East Gwillimbury, ON
February 19-22, 25-29, March 3	O.R.F.A./CIMCO Refrigeration Operator (Class B) Preparation Course Register no later than Friday, January 25, 2008	Concord, ON
February 19-20	Ontario Turfgrass Symposium	Guelph, ON
February 21	Let's Cut-Ice Workshop	Hamilton, ON
MARCH	EVENT	LOCATION
March 31- April 3	STAR - Ice Maintenance and Equipment Operations	Sault Ste Marie, MI
March 24-27	Basic Refrigeration	Sudbury, ON
March 24-27	Responsible Recreational Operations – Through the Understanding of Regulatory Compliance FULL	Mistissini, QC
March 28	Essentials of Edger Operations Workshop *New Session FULL	Ottawa, ON
March 31-April 3	Parks Maintenance & Operations	Blue Mountain, ON
March 31-April 3	Basic Refrigeration	Toronto, ON
APRIL	EVENT	LOCATION
April 1	Ice Maintenance Workshop	Quinte West, ON
April 2	New - Complying with Ontario's Operating Engineers Regulation Workshop	Kingston, ON
April 3	New - Complying with Ontario's Operating Engineers Regulation Workshop	Hamilton, ON
April 10	SIRO - Safe Ice Resurfacer Operator	Timmins, ON
April 14-17	Basic Refrigeration	London, ON
April 14-17	Parks Maintenance & Operations	Greater Napanee, ON
April 21-24	Legal Awareness	London, ON
April 28-May 2	O.R.F.A. 53rd Annual Professional Development Program	University of Guelph, ON
April 30	O.R.F.A. EXPO Tradeshow	University of Guelph, ON
MAY	EVENT	LOCATION
May 2-4	Canadian Recreation Facilities Council (CRFC) - National Arena Symposium	Quebec City, QC
May 12-15	STAR Annual North American Rink Conference & Expo	Chicago, IL
May 26	Basic Housekeeping and Sanitation/Customer Service Workshops FULL	Cambridge, ON
JUNE	EVENT	LOCATION
June 2-5	Introduction to Artificial Ice Operations - SOLD OUT	Ottawa, ON
June 4th	O.R.F.A.'s Western Annual Golf Tournament and Social	Seaforth, ON
June 9-12	Basic Housekeeping and Sanitation	Milverton, ON
June 16-20, 23-27	O.R.F.A./CIMCO Refrigeration Operator (Class B) Preparation Course Register no later than Friday, May 23, 2008	Newmarket, ON
June 23-26	Building Maintenance and Operations	Milverton, ON
June 23-26	3rd Annual Oshawa/ O.R.F.A. Certified Ice Technician Program - Basic Refrigeration - Ice Making and Painting Technologies - Ice Maintenance and Equipment Operations	Oshawa, ON
June 23-26	STAR - Ice Maintenance and Equipment Operations	Falmouth, MA
June 25	Parks & Open Spaces Authority [O.R.F.A./OPA/STA] Presents the 2nd Summer - Facilities Operational Forum	Oakville, ON
JULY	EVENT	LOCATION
July 7-10	STAR - Ice Maintenance and Equipment Operations	Wasilla, AK
July 7-10	STAR - Ice Making and Painting Technologies	Oswego, NY
July 21-24	STAR - Ice Making and Painting Technologies/Basic Refrigeration	Taylor, MI
July 28-31	Basic Refrigeration	Hamilton, ON
AUGUST	EVENT	LOCATION
August 11-14	Ice Making and Painting Technologies	London, ON
August 18-21	STAR - Ice Maintenance and Equipment Operations/Basic Refrigeration	Philadelphia, PA
August 25-28	Basic Refrigeration	Midland, ON
August 25-28	Recreation Facility Environmental Systems HVAC/R	Hamilton, ON
SEPTEMBER	EVENT	LOCATION
September 15-18	Ice Making and Painting Technologies	Midland, ON
September 22-25	STAR - Ice Making and Painting Technologies/Basic Refrigeration	Las Vegas, NV
September 22-24	Cemetery Operations Level I	Greater Napanee, ON
September 25-26	Cemetery Operations Level II	Greater Napanee, ON
September 22-25	Ice Making and Painting Technologies	Burlington, ON
September TBA	Parks Equipment and Safety Operations	Vaughan, ON
OCTOBER	EVENT	LOCATION
October 6-9	STAR - Ice Maintenance and Equipment Operations/Basic Refrigeration	Amherst, NY
October 6-9	Basic Refrigeration Ice Maintenance and Equipment Operations	Markham, ON
October 27-29	Cemetery Operations Level I	Tillsonburg, ON
October 30-31	Cemetery Operations Level II	Tillsonburg, ON
NOVEMBER	EVENT	LOCATION
November 3-6	Basic Refrigeration	Burlington, ON
DECEMBER	EVENT	LOCATION
Dec. 3 & 4	Facilities Operational Forum & Annual General Meeting	Burlington, ON