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Improve your safety, performance and comfort as a diver with new Human Factors training program

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Divers are human, and it is natural for humans to make errors. Research from aviation has shown that pilots make between 3 and 6 errors per hour! The good thing is that the vast majority are captured before they become critical. This is achieved by looking at the ways in which human failure happens, the human factors involved, and then designing the system to minimise errors. Design can’t fix everything, so aircrew, cabin crew and engineers are provided with human factors training to manage the dynamic and varied conditions they encounter. However, until recently, nothing like this existed in sport or commercial diving.

Gareth Lock, an ex-Royal Air Force navigator who has years of experience and knowledge in human factors across multiple high risk domains, has developed a training and coaching programme which looks to improve the performance, safety and comfort of divers by applying knowledge from those high risk domains into sport diving.

His training programme consists of an online micro-class which provides core knowledge about the subject of human factors, how to improve performance and reduce error, and is a course applicable to all divers. It consists of 9 modules of approximately 15 mins each and has been optimised for use on a tablet, phone or PC/Mac. Then there is a two-day classroom-based course which builds on this core knowledge and is focussed on instructors, instructor trainers and those who encounter higher levels of risk or complexity such as technical or cave diving, or scientific and media teams. This classroom-based class has already been undertaken by Training Directors of four agencies (GUE, IANTD, SSI XR & TDI/SDI) who have all found it valuable and well worth doing.

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“Very good course of huge relevance to all who participate in Technical Diving or any other potential risk activities that require management. I cannot recommend this program enough.”  – Phil Short, IANTD Instructor Trainer Trainer, Explorer

We often look to learn from accidents and incidents in diving, but in many cases the detail and context is missing. The term “Human Error” should not be used as a casual factor, it is the point at which we start looking deeper to find out why it made sense for those involved to behave in the way they did. If it was that obvious, surely those involved would have spotted the issues before they reached a critical point? Heroic rescues are the ones which make the media, but it is the constant use of effective human factors skills or non-technical skills that prevent those events making the media.

Since its launch in January a number of updates to this globally unique course have happened, and Monday (4th July) the new content and new website will be launched. Visit www.humanfactors.academy for more information and to sign up one of the two classes.

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Four opportunities to go pro in 2024 with Dive Friends Bonaire

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Dive Friends teaches the Instructor Development Course (IDC) several times a year to students who are eager to share their passion for diving with the world.

Dive Friends is known for the personal approach throughout the course. Their in-house course director will lead the students through every essential step, mentoring them to achieve their fullest potential as a dive instructor.

Applications for the following IDC start dates are now open:

  • 12 April
  • 5 July,
  • 20 September
  • 29 November

Partnership with Casita Palma

If the student opts for the IDC-Deluxe or IDC-Supreme package, their accommodation will be arranged for them at Casita Palma. This small and quiet resort is within walking distance from Dive Friends Bonaire’s main dive shop location and has everything you need to relax after an intense day of IDC training. Breakfast is included, so the student will always be fuelled and ready for their day.

Contact Dive Friends Bonaire’s Course Director Eddy for more information: coursedirector@divefriendsbonaire.com.

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SOMABAY: Scubaverse Trip Review (Watch Video)

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In a video created exclusively for Scubaverse.com, Jeff Goodman visits SOMABAY in the Egyptian Red Sea to experience the diving on offer there.

Book your next Red Sea dive adventure with SOMABAY! For more information, visit www.somabay.com.

Stay at the Breakers Diving & Surfing Lodge when you visit! For more information, visit  www.thebreakers-somabay.com.

Find out more about ORCA Dive Clubs at SOMABAY at www.orca-diveclubs.com/en/soma-bay-en.

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