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Are all technical divers leaders? Leadership is one of the topics that we explore in the Human Factors in Diving: Applied Skills class, and the statement that “all instructors are leaders” often generates spirited discussion. The fact that as a diving instructor you are also a leader seems to be ...
Many years ago I was teaching a class with three students. Two were doing really well, completing all the skills and leading dives. The other….not so much. While he could do all of the skill requirements I could see there was “something” missing. I couldn’t explain what it was, but I knew I could...
Are you being heard? Are you creating the space to be heard? At the end of the season, we took a mixed group of fun divers to the Farnes Islands (United Kingdom). ‘Fun’ divers plus two sets of students who were finishing off some training programmes with ‘real world experience’. The forecast was...
Divers and instructors don’t learn because it requires investment and change, and that is hard. Organisations don’t learn because the operational or 'local' safety problem is not theirs. This blog summarises the free webinar I gave earlier this year, which looks at the death of 18-year-old diver...
When a diver dies or something goes badly wrong underwater, the same questions bubble to the surface: Why did this happen? Who is responsible? Could it have been prevented? Those questions are human. They stem from a need to make sense of tragedy, to restore trust, and to reassure ourselves that...
A Stranger in the Group It was Paul’s first dive at a new dive site. His usual buddy got sick and could not join him, but Paul decided to go anyway as he had already paid for the trip. He arrived early, boarded the boat, and assembled his equipment; the other seven divers arrived together a few ...
“I Was Just Following” It was John’s first trip after qualifying as an Advanced Open Water diver. He was excited. He’d recently joined a new dive club, and this was his first boat charter, and most importantly, a chance to get out of the quarry and into the sea. Paired with a more experienced di...
When “Buddy” Was Just a Label Two divers were paired up for a short dive on the house reef. It was Jack’s second trip away after his OW course, having completed 20 dives since he first learned to dive. Laura, his buddy, was on holiday and had around the same number of dives as Jack. The dive cen...
It is important for all divers to be aware of the conscious and unconscious decisions that they take in planning and executing dives. If risky behaviour does not have any obvious adverse consequences, it is very easy for the unsafe act to become the new normal. This is especially true within high...
In the first three parts of this blog (Part one, two and three), we explored nine of the "Dirty Dozen" human factors that contribute to errors and incidents in diving: lack of communication, distractions, lack of resources, stress, complacency, lack of teamwork, pressure, lack of awareness and la...
