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HFiD: APPLIED SKILLS
Are you a diver who wants enhanced performance by being more knowledgeable and aware, through immersive practice and focused debriefs?
Do these sound familiar?
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You want to develop exceptional communication skills and remove ambiguity.
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You want to make sure your dive team is UNITED, and as well prepared as they can be for every dive.
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You want to understand team interactions, decision-making and how successful dives can be made, not just have lucky outcomes.
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You want to understand how external pressures and stresses impact individual and team performance and do something about them.
- You want the confidence to say "no", "stop", or "we need to do this differently".
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You want a methodology and tools so you can improve your own and your team performance after every dive.
If so, then you've come to the right place.
See what HFiD: Applied Skills courses are in my area.Just imagine yourself after this course!
By the end of these two days you will have:
Improved Awareness
After spending two days understanding how events develop in the manner they do in your simulator, you'll take this learning and apply it to enhance your performance and safety in diving. You will have more tools to improve your situation awareness pre-, during, and post-dive so that each dive is safer and more informed than the last one. You will have gained, through personal reflection and direct application, the tools and behaviours that lead to successful outcomes and understand what factors and conditions lead to failure on dives, and what you can do to address them. You will have moved into the conscious competence zone when it comes to human factors in diving.
Deeper Knowledge
Theory is brought to life during immersive simulations, reflective and targeted discussions and debriefs, and deep dives into specific HF topics as they relate to your diving and the diving of others in the class. Irrespective of your level of diver training and dive experience, you will gain knowledge and applied skills over these two days. Although considered a more 'advanced' course compared to HFiD: Essentials, Open Water divers have learned as much as instructor trainers with thousands of dives. The only pre-course requirements are curiosity and the want to be better than yesterday. And who doesn't want to be better than yesterday?
Critical Insights
There's no denying the facts. Those who have taken this immersive and reflective course have said they now see the world through fresh eyes - not just in their diving but in their 'normal' lives too. They have an emotional connection with the messiness of diving and work. And they've learned skills and been given tools that help them understand how to make their diving (and life) safer and more enjoyable. If you are an instructor or instructor trainer, the course will also give you more tools to develop your students and instructor candidates to deal with the 'messy world of diving.'
But most of all:
You will experience and understand what it is to be part of a group that has become a team and has solved a critical problem around diving safety - how to build teams quickly (socially and in the training environment) and to learn from success and failure in a psychologically-safe environment. You can't get that anywhere else in diving in two days.
You will be better than yesterday.
What have others said about this course?
Steve Malone
I wish I'd done this course sooner. HFiD concepts are honestly what's missing from pretty much all diver training from open water up to highly advanced technical diving.
A focus on learning technical diving skills is obviously essential, but that's only half the picture and most people never benefit from understanding how the concepts The Human Diver teaches can elevate their diving to the highest level of competency.
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Matt Randall
Avoiding adverse events in diving as a consequence of non-technical skills is not taught by most training agencies, although touched upon by some.
The Human Diver aims to address this situation through delivering proven methods and using evidence-based tools and techniques.
The bottom-line is that if you want to improve your diving-related goals, take the course.
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Huw Mundy
The course was truly unlike any other HF training I've completed (and I come from an aviation background), it was far more immersive and taught by instructors who were not just there to teach a course, but were clearly passionate about the subject.
The training software created stressful scenarios that tested us and allowed us to see our weaknesses and areas for improvement.
Unlike most training courses, the two days flew by.
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Paul Krauss
I learned so many things about myself and working with others. It was so impactful that I registered my wife to take it. I realized I had become too comfortable with my scuba diving and was already starting to relax on post-dive buddy checks and dive planning. Creating a no-blame culture where it is healthy to show vulnerability and learn from our mistakes could very well save your life and those who dive with you.
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HFiD: Applied Skills
- Two full days of immersive, emotive and targeted training that will help you
be better than yesterday. - Critical debriefs focusing on improving skills and techniques for decision-making, situation awareness, teamwork, and communications.
- HFiD: Essentials included free as pre-learning to develop baseline knowledge.
- The Human Diver Wetnotes including DEBrIEF and UNITED-C frameworks.
- Copy of Under Pressure: Diving Deeper with Human Factors.
What you'll cover!
Given the dynamic nature of the class, it is possible that not all of the topics will be covered, but as you've got HFiD: Essentials and the Under Pressure book, you're not missing out on the theory. The stories and simulators are much more valuable.
Day 1
- Introduction to Human Factors and Non-Technical Skills
- Three simulator missions including one complex mission
- Theory and reflection on teamwork, leadership and followership in diving.
- Practical takeaways from Day 1 to your own diving
Day 2
- Two complex missions.
- Theory and reflection on improving situation awareness, decision-making, and communications skills in diving.
- Practical takeaways from both days and setting goals for change post-class
Plus all these extra Bonuses!
Each attending student gets:
- Free access to Essentials ($97)
- The Human Diver Wetnotes ($60)
- Under Pressure ($40).
- Briefing and debriefing guides.
- Ongoing coaching support post-class.
Award Winning Content
The Human Diver has won awards at
- 2018 TekDiveUSA Technical Diving Conference - “For innovation and/or product design that has increased the safety and extended the field of technical diving.”
- 2022 OzTek - “For exceptional contribution to the growth and development of diving.”
- 2023 Chartered Institute of Ergonomics Award for Communication - "Outstanding communications...for successfully communicating and promoting the value of human factors and ergonomics to new audiences through sustained activity."
HFiD: Applied Skills.
- Improved Awareness
- More Knowledge
- Critical Insights
- The opportunity to influence diving safety
- Days of an immersive experience you won't get from ANY of the training agencies.
- Plus loads of bonus materials.
When are the courses? Where do I sign up?
If there isn't a course that matches your time/location, please get in touch via the contact page and we will see what we can do. We normally suggest finding 2-3 other committed people in the 'local' area and we can go from there.
Do you have any burning questions left?
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What is the financial investment?
What technology do I need to complete the class?
How long does the course take to complete?
Do I get a C-card or Certificate?
How long do I get access to the course?
I'm an instructor, can I get a discount for my students?
Still not sure?
Diving takes place in an inherently hazardous environment. Technical skills (buoyancy, propulsion, trim, and equipment handling etc) and technology (CCR, scooters, dive computers...) will only get you so far in terms of enhancing your underwater performance - no matter how shiny the piece of equipment!!
We take our brain on every dive, and this course gives you the practical knowledge and tools to make better decisions, communicate more clearly, and be more aware because you've gained practical knowledge that is applicable and actionable immediately.
Waiting will not solve your gaps in knowledge and there will never be a perfect time to start than now.
So why not start today and be better than yesterday.
Start your learning journey now!
