ARE YOU READY TO HELP OTHERS LEARN?

WANT TO FIND AN INSTRUCTOR WHO BUILDS HF IN DIVING INTO THEIR PROGRAMMES?

Are you an instructor, dive centre or dive operation who wants to enhance the performance of their students/staff, so they are more knowledgeable and aware, leading to safer and more enjoyable dives?

 

Do these sound familiar?

  • You know that 'human factors in diving' (HFiD) adds value to diving safety. 

  • You want to deliver HFiD as part of your programmes but don't have the deep knowledge to do so.

  • You want an easy way to improve your students' learning.

  • You want an easy way to enhance results in scientific diving.

  • You want to be able to improve on every dive, and learn in a non-judgmental way.

If so, then you've come to the right place.

  • You want a better understanding of what’s happening when you dive and what potentially can go wrong.

  • You have experienced issues that you don’t want to happen again.

  • You know you're part of a team and you want to improve your team, leadership and followership skills.

These are the instructors/dive centres/dive operations already committed to building HF in Diving into their Training and Staff Development

 

All of these instructors/dive centres/dive operations build the HFiD: Essentials online class into pre-learning/pre-deployment for their diving classes or dive operation, recognising there is a gap in the training delivered by training agencies. 

Underworld Tulum
(Mexico)

Lanny Vogel, the co-owner of Underworld Tulum, is one of The Human Diver instructors, as well as being a Cave,Tech and CCR Instructor Trainer. Underworld Tulum host HFiD: Applied Skills classes as well as provide Essentials as part of their pre-learning. 

Hosts HFiD: Applied Skills
Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Tulum, QR area. Mexico.

No of HF students: 34

TekDeep Asia
(Bali, SE Asia)

Marc Crane has been a strong supporter of The Human Diver since 2016. He is an Instructor Trainer as well as Technical and CCR instructor, and many of his instructor graduates have gone on to support The Human Diver. 

Hosts HFiD: Applied Skills
Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Bali, Indonesia, SE Asia

No of HF students: 148

Scuba Adventures
(Dallas, Texas)

Since Brent Webb was introduced to HF in Diving in 2021, Brent has been a powerhouse in the US bringing HF to his local diving community and anyone else who will listen! SA has hosted more HFiD: Applied Skills classes than anywhere else in the world, and Brent has put most of his staff through this training. SA include Essentials as part of their professional development programmes.

Hosts HFiD: Applied Skills
Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Dallas, Texas, plus overseas liveaboards.

No of HF students: 84

Finnish Scientific Diving Academy (Finland)

Edd Stockdale is the lead trainer for the FSDA. He has recognised the value of developing strong teams in scientific diving and now mandates the HFiD: Essentials class as part of pre-learning for any of the courses run at FSDA.  

Hosts HFiD: Applied Skills
Provides HFiD: Essentials

Location: Helsinki, FInland (but any polar region!).

No of HF students: 53

Buddy Dive 
(Bonaire)

Ever since Lars Bosman completed his HFiD: Applied Skills class on Bonaire in 2017, he has been a strong advocate for HF in Diving. Buddy Dive include HFiD: Essentials as part of their PADI professional development programmes, and shortly their technical diving programmes.Hosts

Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Bonaire, Caribbean

No of HF students: 122

Dark Horizon Diving 
(Malta & Germany)

Yvonne Press completed her HFiD: Applied Skills class in 2019 in Bali at TekDeep Asia, and since then has included HFiD: Essentials in her sidemount programmes as pre-learning. 

Provides HFiD: Essentials

Location: Malta or Germany.

No of HF students: 22

Dive Otter 
(Mid-West, USA)

Tyler Allison isn't a dive instructor but he is a massive supporter of The Human Diver, sponsoring anyone who joins the Mid-West Underwater Explorers (MWUE) community to complete HFiD: Essentials as part of their membership. 

Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Chicago, Mid-West, Great Lakes...

No of HF students: 18

Manta Lodge
(QLD, Australia)

Manta Lodge recognise the value of HF in Diving training, hosting HFiD: Applied Skills classes run by Mike Mason, and building Essentials into their professional development programmes.

Hosts HFiD: Applied Skills
Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Brisbane, Australia.

No of HF students: 32

Benthic Scuba
(Ontario, Canada)

Ron Waxman is another graduate of a class with Marc Crane who saw the value of building HF into his pre-course learning for professional development and technical courses. 

Provides HFiD: Essentials 

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Ontaria, Canada.

No of HF students: 27

Blackwater Tek
(SE Asia)

Will Goodman travelled from SE Asia to be part of the Applied Skills class running in Cirencester, UK after he'd heard great things about it. Since then, he's built HFiD: Essentials into the pre-learning for his techincal and CCR students, and instructor development programmes. 

Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Indonesia & SE Asia.

No of HF students: 26

KAUST
(Saudi Arabia)

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology undertakes scientific diver training as part of their research activities. Beatrice Rivoira, a Human Diver instructor, is based there as one of the diving safety staff. Over the last 12 months, they have gradually developed HFiD to be part of their diver development programmes. Their work has shifted the culture around safety.  

Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

No of HF students: 73

The Dirty Dozen Exeditions
(Pacific Ocean)

Aron and the Dirty Dozen Expeditions team provide expedition team members free access to HFiD: Essentials as part of their liveaboard offer. The DD team recognise the value of understanding and putting into practice HFiD. THD and DD have worked together to refine their Spash Checklist, a checklist that has trapped numerous errors by divers. As they are supposed to do!

Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected]  

Location: Global Liveaboard Operator

No of HF students: 83

North Florida Divers
(Jacksonville, Florida)

Malcolm Kneale is a very experienced NAUI instructor and in 2025 saw the value of applying HF in Diving to his student training by giving them access to HFiD: Essentials.   

Provides HFiD: Essentials

Location: Jacksonville, Florida.

No of HF students: 11

Reef Renewal Bonaire
(Bonaire)

Augusto Montbrun completed the Applied Skills class in 2017 on Bonaire. His conservation programme recognises the value of human factors/non-technical skills and they are now requiring their team to complete HFiD: Essentials.    

Provides HFiD: Essentials

Location: Bonaire.

No of HF students: 13

Néréides
(Canada)

Catherine Martineau has turned her career around and now teaches the BathysMed method. This is an integrative approach that combines diving science with relaxation and mindfulness practices. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated through four clinical studies showing significant psychological and physical benefits. Participants experience reduced stress, improved emotional regulation, and an enhanced sense of inner calm. Understanding how and why we do, what we do (HF), supports this method.  

Provides HFiD: Essentials

Contact: [email protected] 

Location: Canada.

No of HF students: 9

But most of all:

You will have built the foundations for a personal culture of learning, along with gaining knowledge and awareness of how to influence the diving industry to be a safer, more enjoyable place. You will be a leader, even if you don't hold a title that infers leadership. You will be a trail blazer when it comes to improving the learning surrounding unexpected and unwanted events in diving.

You will be better than yesterday

What have others said about this course?

Brian Slater

As a previous recreational dive instructor, now technical diver, and leader of non-diving organizations, I can whole-heartedly recommend this course as foundational to your diving, your career, and your personal life. The principles within, if you are attuned and open to learning, may just postitively influence your character across all domains.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A.M.

It would be beneficial for anyone to take this course because it's not only extremely informative and well-articulated, but also because it forces you to reflect on your personal experience on the topic. Our reflections then allow us to identify areas of mistakes or things we are doing well and therefore improve our instruction.

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Nils Jacobsen

As a technical and scientific diver, the course has opened my eyes to the many facets of human factors and deepened my understanding of how accidents unfold, even when everything seems like business as usual. Certainly a course that holds a lot of value for any diver.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

C.J.

Very well put together course. Having done the Level 1 course prior to the Essentials, it is appealing how the concepts have been condensed without losing the plot or the essential details without oversimplification. Well organized in a stepwise fashion to make concept retention natural and illustrated with an excellent case study and additional resources.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

AEW

There can be large egos involved at the higher levels of technical & CCR diving. Being able to put those egos aside to create a safe space to ask questions, challenge current processes, & recognize when an issue, no matter how minor, arises & what it's effect on both an individual diver as well as the dive team is paramount.

H.M.

As an aspiring technical team diver, I'd say this course provides a superb foundation to enable people to become better team divers, who think about their actions more carefully to the benefit of the team. And discuss those thoughts to help the whole team reflect and improve.

Isaiah Ludlam

Getting insight behind the cause of mistakes and accidents in the diving world is extremely valuable as a recreational dive professional, because its giving me more insight into things to look out for both in myself and my students that could potentially create risk.

HFiD: Essentials

  • 3.5-4 hours of engaging content - 1/4 the time of OW eLearning but 10x more valuable!
  • Additional resources for those who want to dig deeper into the topics. 
  • Detailed case studies in each module to reinforce the topics. 
  • In-depth and emotive case study at the end to bring the theory to life.
  • Access to a learning-focused community. 
  • Affiliate links for graduates to help build a thriving community of ambassadors who want to help others be better than yesterday.

As an aspiring technical team diver, I'd say this course provides a superb foundation to enable people to become better team divers, who think about their actions more carefully to the benefit of the team. And discuss those thoughts to help the whole team reflect and improve.

H.M.

Getting insight behind the cause of mistakes and accidents in the diving world is extremely valuable as a recreational dive professional, because its giving me more insight into things to look out for both in myself and my students that could potentially create risk. It will also help me teach them to look out and communicate about them, creating a safer and more productive atmosphere in the courses.

Isaiah Ludlam

There can be large egos involved at the higher levels of technical & CCR diving. Being able to put those egos aside to create a safe space to ask questions, challenge current processes, & recognize when an issue, no matter how minor, arises & what it's effect on both an individual diver as well as the dive team is paramount.

AEW

This is what is inside!

Each module is divided into lessons of approximately 5-15 mins long, meaning the content is delivered quickly and effectively. 

Module 1 - Introduction

Module 2: Human Factors and Non-Technical Skills

Module 3: 'Human Error', Violations and Normalisation of Deviance

Module 4: Psychological Safety and Just Culture

Module 5: Decision Making

Module 6: Situation Awareness

Module 7: Communication

Module 8: Teamwork

Module 9: Leadership and Followership

Module 10: Performance Shaping Factors

Module 11: Case Study

Module 12: Summary, Feedback and Personal Goals

Bonus Content #1

In viridi valle, in silenti valle.

  • Ubi flores parvi crescunt. Ibi murmurat aqua alba.
  • Et guttae resiliunt ubique. Ut singulos flores irrigent, etiam minimos.
  • Ut singulos flores irrigent, etiam minimos. Et in cacumine montis acuminati.
  • Ubi arbores robustae crescunt. Ibi flagellat ventus impetu acerbo et saevus. Ibi fulgur rubrum colit.
  • Et scindit in fragore tonitruo, maiora. Et scindit in fragore tonitruo, maiora.

Sursum, deorsum, in montibus et valle.

Bonus Content #2

In viridi valle, in silenti valle.

  • Ubi flores parvi crescunt. Ibi murmurat aqua alba.
  • Et guttae resiliunt ubique. Ut singulos flores irrigent, etiam minimos.
  • Ut singulos flores irrigent, etiam minimos. Et in cacumine montis acuminati.
  • Ubi arbores robustae crescunt. Ibi flagellat ventus impetu acerbo et saevus. Ibi fulgur rubrum colit.
  • Et scindit in fragore tonitruo, maiora. Et scindit in fragore tonitruo, maiora.

Sursum, deorsum, in montibus et valle.

Plus all these extra Bonuses!

Within each module you get:

  • Published research papers on the topic.
  • Infographic that simply explains each topic.
  • Case study PDF.
  • Briefing and debriefing guides.
  • eBooks covering the topics.



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: Essentials

  • Improved Awareness
  • More Knowledge
  • Critical Insights
  • The opportunity to influence diving safety
  • Hours of content you won't get from ANY of the training agencies.
  • Plus loads of bonus materials.

And remember.... if you're not happy, you can get your money back!

100% Money Back Guarantee

We are so confident that you’ll benefit from this HFiD: Essentials course that if you’re not 100% happy with it we’ll refund your money.

All we ask is that you provide some robust feedback within a month of buying the HFiD: Essentials course as to why the learning didn't happen and how we can make the class better.

What do you have to lose?

Do you have any burning questions left?

Click on the + below to get the answer? If it's not covered, get in touch via the contact page

What is the financial investment?

It is just $97 - you have lifetime access and the content is updated regularly.

What technology do I need to complete the class?

The only thing you need is a web-browser (PC, Mac, iOS or Android) and an internet connection. Videos can be downloaded for viewing offline e.g., while on a flight or on a liveaboard.

There is also an app which can be downloaded from the iOS app store (Search for 'The Human Diver') Android is coming soon.

How long does the course take to complete?

The class takes approximately 3.5-4 hours to complete but is arranged in 12 modules of approximately 5-15 mins which you can start and stop at anytime you want.

It’s really flexible so you can download them for viewing offline on PC or Mac too so you can learn whilst on the move.

"This was much more engaging and informative than all of the online learning courses I've done in aviation!" - HM

Do I get a C-card or Certificate?

You do get a certificate which you can use for continuing professional development.

The course is not currently underwritten by any of the diver training agencies. 

How long do I get access to the course?

You have lifetime access to HFiD: Essentials. When we update the course, you'll get access to that free of charge.

I'm an instructor, can I get a discount for my students?

Yes, The Human Diver runs an affiliate scheme whereby you can purchase credits and then provide the course to your student at a discounted rate or for free. Please get in touch via the contact page.

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 HFiD: Essentials course gives you the boost 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. If you're not happy, there is always the 100% money back guarantee.

So why not start today and be better than yesterday.