{"id":5409,"date":"2016-07-26T20:43:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T12:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/?p=5409"},"modified":"2022-12-15T00:23:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T16:23:53","slug":"human-factors-in-diving-course-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/human-factors-in-diving-course-review\/","title":{"rendered":"A Review of the Human Factors in Diving Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Review of the Human Factors in Diving Course<\/h1>\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/andy-davis-technical-diving\/\">Andy Davis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 I was recently given the opportunity to undertake the online Human Factors in Diving course. \u00a0 The online version of this course is self-contained, but also acts as a primer to the full course which is delivered in a classroom. \u00a0Here&#8217;s my review of that online course.<\/p>\n<p>The course was authored and presented by Gareth Lock, a retired RAF Navigator who&#8217;s post-military career has encompassed <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/guy-garman-world-depth-record-fatal-dive\/\">accident analysis<\/a> and crew operations course design in the oil and gas industry; and currently the Director for <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/scuba-diving-risk-management-heuristics-safety\/\">Risk Management<\/a> with GUE. \u00a0His Human Factors in Diving course reflects his work on a PhD\u00a0examining the role of human factors in scuba diving incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The online &#8216;mini&#8217; version of the course uses narrated presentations, practical exercises and case study reviews to deliver insights into how the human factor applies to accident prevention in scuba diving. \u00a0 \u00a0Human factors apply to the non-technical, non-equipment failures that can be attributed to many scuba accidents. \u00a0In short, the stuff that should be avoidable. \u00a0We all make mistake&#8230;.so how can we reduce our potential for doing that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5410\" title=\"human factors in diving 1\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-1.jpg\" alt=\"human factors in diving 1\" width=\"624\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-1.jpg 990w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-1-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The main areas covered by the Human Factors in Diving \u00a0course are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Situational Awareness.<\/strong> \u00a0Examining the limitations of human attention and information processing &#8211; and how these can be improved.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decision Making.<\/strong> \u00a0Understanding the human thought process and methods to enable better decision making as a means to prevent scuba diving accidents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communication.<\/strong> \u00a0How barriers to effective communication reduce team function and can lead to diving accidents. Improving diving team communication through assertiveness and effective questioning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cooperation.<\/strong>\u00a0How team dynamics shape diving safety. The roles and styles of leaders and follower &#8211; and how to develop effective diving team function.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance Shaping Factors.<\/strong> How issues like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/scuba-diving-stress-management-and-diver-panic\/\">stress<\/a> and fatigue effect personal and team performance in diving and diving emergencies. This includes an examination of stress triggers and how to identify the signs of stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a graduate of the RAF College Cranwell (the UK&#8217;s center for air force commissioned officer leadership training), I could recognize that Gareth Lock&#8217;s training delivery and academic content represented the highest standards of professional and academic education. \u00a0As a professional <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/what-is-technical-diving\/\">technical diving<\/a> educator for the last decade, I found the content very interesting, directly relevant and, often, extremely thought provoking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5415\" title=\"human factors in diving 2\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-21.jpg\" alt=\"human factors in diving 2\" width=\"643\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-21.jpg 643w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-21-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a great amount of learning on the Human Factors in Diving course that I now wish to apply as a \u00a0technical diving instructor and diver. \u00a0The course effectively provokes a diligent self-examination of your own approaches to team diving, communication and situational awareness. \u00a0It also provides some very useful methods that can be applied to improve team diving dynamics and progressive improvement. \u00a0These same lessons are beneficial from an instructional perspective &#8211; as a diving class could (should?) be considered as a functional team; with the instructor in a leadership role.<\/p>\n<p>There are many diving instructors who would certainly benefit from this course. \u00a0This applies both for their own professional development and also as a means to learn new and effective teaching tools to maximize the learning potential of their classes. \u00a0Dive instructors do need to have a reliable state of situational awareness, sound decision making and effective communications. \u00a0I learned a lot in this course about how to deliver effective team briefings&#8230;. and also how to perform the most beneficial post-dive debriefs and give effective performance feedback.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5412\" title=\"human factors in diving 3\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-3.jpg\" alt=\"human factors in diving 3\" width=\"638\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-3.jpg 638w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The use of case studies on the course balanced the academic materials and brought lessons clearly into focus. \u00a0More than anything else, the case studies validate the &#8216;human factors&#8217; issues within the accidents and scenarios discussed. \u00a0It can be clearly seen how many accidents could be avoided through more effective team procedures, awareness, communication and more effective decision making.<\/p>\n<p>I would really stress that any diver who operates in high performance teams and\/or undertakes a supervisory or educational role in diving would significantly benefit from the training provided by this course.<\/p>\n<p>Well trained divers all understand how technical or equipment failures can impact on safety and play a role in accidents. \u00a0Far too little thought goes into the human factors that heavily influence diving safety &#8211; and no training courses really provide sufficient insight into how to improve individual and team performance in those aspects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5416\" title=\"human factors in diving 4\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-4.jpg\" alt=\"human factors in diving 4\" width=\"592\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-4.jpg 987w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-4-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0The issue of &#8216;human error&#8217; within accident cause has already been addressed in many safety critical industries, like aviation, medicine, oil &amp; gas and nuclear energy. It is surprising that nobody in the <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/why-do-more-diving-courses-scuba-continuing-education\/\">diving education<\/a> community has properly addressed these same issues until Gareth wrote the &#8216;Human Factors&#8217; course. Diving is, after all, a relatively risk prone activity that places a great emphasis on human performance to either prevent, or resolve emergencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As Gareth says: &#8220;<em>Recent research has shown that 44% of SCUBA diving incidents had <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-experience-paradox\/\">complacency<\/a> as a contributory factor, 39% overconfidence, 36% as error in judgement, 33% poor or failure to communicate&#8230;these are not technical failures&#8230;<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That, to me, seems a very compelling reason to gain a better understanding of how those human factors influence our performance as divers&#8230; and, most importantly, can be improved through education and effective behavior adaptation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5413\" title=\"human factors in diving 5\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-5.jpg\" alt=\"human factors in diving 5\" width=\"635\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-5.jpg 635w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-5-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0When I first signed up for this course, I had an expectation that I&#8217;d whistle through the 3-hour syllabus quite quickly. \u00a0I consider myself well educated on leadership, team development and diving performance. \u00a0It is, after all, my professional career to \u00a0develop safe, confident and competent advanced level divers who can operate effectively in teams under situations of high stress.<\/p>\n<p>I must admit that the course very quickly broke down those expectations. \u00a0I found the materials and presentations fascinating. \u00a0Some modules I repeated several times&#8230; as they were so thought provoking. \u00a0I filled a notepad with ideas and concepts that I wanted to apply in my own team diving and also a plethora of lessons and ideas that I wanted to start introducing on my own technical diving training courses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As a diligent technical diving instructor, one of my biggest challenges has always been in positively shaping student diver mindsets. \u00a0 In particular, the issues of improving situational awareness, developing effective task prioritization, improving decision making&#8230;. and building an effective sense of <a href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/technical-diving-biggest-risk-avoid\/\">self-awareness<\/a> that might help reduce future complacency and corner-cutting. \u00a0 Gareth&#8217;s Human Factors course gave me fresh insights into all of those issues&#8230; and a bunch of effective tools to help achieve my goals as a technical diving instructor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I also found the course quite enlightening on the issue of stress and performance. \u00a0This is not only applicable in respect to diving accidents, but also in regards to maximizing student performance in training.<\/p>\n<p>Technical and advanced level diving courses are (should be) very challenging and push students beyond their comfort zones. \u00a0 Push students too little and they won&#8217;t gain the proper benefit of training when it comes to handling future emergencies. \u00a0Push students too far and they lose the ability to learn anything more &#8211; they may ;switch off&#8217; internally, or even panic. \u00a0 I&#8217;ve never heard this concept discussed on any technical diver, or instructor, course. \u00a0However, it was really pleasing to see how Gareth explained that intrinsic link between stress and performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5414\" title=\"human factors in diving 6\" src=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-6.jpg\" alt=\"human factors in diving 6\" width=\"640\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/humanfactors-6-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Overall, with a cost of only $99 (\u00a369GBP), the online course represents a very sound training investment. \u00a0You&#8217;d certainly learn more from this course than if you spend 2-3 times that much on a typical scuba agency &#8216;specialty&#8217; course. \u00a0 Most importantly, this course can seriously help shape your understanding and approach to \u00a0safer diving as an individual diver, as an instructor or as a technical diving team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Even beyond the context of scuba diving, this course has many benefits for those in managerial and supervisory roles within high performance teams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I got a lot out of this course&#8230; and if I lived closer to the UK, then I&#8217;d definitely want to attend the full 2-day classroom based course. \u00a0I would suggest that if you consider yourself any sort of &#8220;serious&#8221; diver, then this course should be a part of your immediate diving education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 For more information, or to sign up for the course, please see the Human Factors in Diving website.<\/p>\n<p>To attend the full Human Factors in Diving course, check out these international dates:<\/p>\n<p>[ezcol_1third id=&#8221;&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; style=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 &amp; 11 Oct 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Location: Comfort Inn, Central Birmingham.<br \/>\nCost \u00a3500 per person.<br \/>\nSpaces Available: 12<br \/>\nSpaces Left: 4<br \/>\nDouble course<\/p>\n<p><strong>28 &amp; 29 January 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Location: Extreme Exposure, High Springs, Florida.<br \/>\nCost $750 per person.<br \/>\nSpaces Available: 6<br \/>\nSpaces Left: 5<\/p>\n<p><strong>25 &amp; 26 March 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Location: Sydney, TBC<br \/>\nCost \u00a3500 per person.<br \/>\nSpaces Available: 6<br \/>\nSpaces Left: 4<\/p>\n<p>[\/ezcol_1third]<\/p>\n<p>[ezcol_1third id=&#8221;&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; style=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>21 &amp; 22 October 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Location: Dubai, Pure Tech Diving<br \/>\nCost \u00a3500 per person.<br \/>\nSpaces Available: 6<br \/>\nSpaces Left: 2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 &amp; 5 February 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Location: Orlando, Florida.<br \/>\nCost $750 per person.<br \/>\nSpaces Available: 6<br \/>\nSpaces Left: 5<\/p>\n<p>[\/ezcol_1third]<\/p>\n<p>[ezcol_1third_end id=&#8221;&#8221; 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