Not sure where to post this one but seeing as it about preventing accidents and incidents in the first place, I thought this would be the best place. If not, Mods feel free to move it.
Following the successful pilot of the Human Factors in Diving class last week with Phil Short, Tim Clements, Michael Thomas, Louise Hector and John Kendall, the website https://www.humanfactors.academy/ is now live. The next class is already full (8-9 Feb) but there are classes scheduled for March (2 x UK) and April (2 x USA, immediately after TekDiveUSA).
From the website:
If you want to attend a course and its not on the list, please get in touch. I am aiming to run at least one class a month (primarily in the UK) and hope to run more. More than happy to travel to your location if you can get enough people interested and travel is covered at cost. Min class size is 4, optimum 5.
Regards
Gareth
Following the successful pilot of the Human Factors in Diving class last week with Phil Short, Tim Clements, Michael Thomas, Louise Hector and John Kendall, the website https://www.humanfactors.academy/ is now live. The next class is already full (8-9 Feb) but there are classes scheduled for March (2 x UK) and April (2 x USA, immediately after TekDiveUSA).
From the website:
Why do we need Human Factors Skills in Diving training?
How many diving accidents, incidents or near misses that you know about were down to the lack of technical skills or failure of equipment? I am betting not too many. Do these sound familiar?
"I didn't think that was going to happen"
"We didn't brief the plan, so I was surprised when he did that"
"We entered the wreck but no-one had talked about that"
"I thought that he had analysed the gas"
Doesn't happen to you? This attitude is a common human behaviour (fundamental attribution error and 'distancing through differencing') where we try to convince ourselves that we are different and these things happen to other people.
Recent research has shown that 44% of SCUBA diving incidents had complacency as a contributory factor, 39% overconfidence, 36% as error in judgement, 33% poor or failure to communicate...these are not technical failures...
What is the course about?
Human in the System has developed a course which blends theory, practical exercises, case studies and computer-based simulation to develop teamwork & cooperation, communications, situational awareness and decision-making skills in the context of diving thereby improving personal and team performance, and reducing the likelihood of an incident from occurring in the first place.
If you want to attend a course and its not on the list, please get in touch. I am aiming to run at least one class a month (primarily in the UK) and hope to run more. More than happy to travel to your location if you can get enough people interested and travel is covered at cost. Min class size is 4, optimum 5.
Regards
Gareth