Professional development

PLANET

PLANET (PLAnning NETwork) provides continuous improvement for planners and other users of the planning system in Victoria.

Information on professional development for planners (including heritage planning) is available from the PLANET - Professional Development Program, Department of Planning and Community Development website.

International lessons

John Fidler RIBA FRICS Intl Assoc AIA visited Australia where he held work shops and gave presentations on practical heritage conservation training from an international perspective. John is Staff Consultant for Preservation Technology with Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc in Los Angeles and was former Conservation Director of English Heritage in London. As a Guest Scholar at the Getty Institute in Los Angeles he investigated international models for professional training in practical building conservation.

This is valuable opportunity to compare the UK experience with Australia's heritage conservation situation.

John Fidler's presentations are made available courtesy of Heritage Victoria and New South Wales Heritage Office.