Technical Diving Instructor Survey

[Wibble]

Hi SCUBA-licia,

From what you are saying I assume that you are looking at a model for deciding on what equipment and techniques to adopt regarding dive location, conditions and activity. You may also want to predict and resolve significant problems that may emerge during the dive. May I suggest the risk management model. There are two books recently published which explain the risk management model and its implementation.
"Risk Management for Diving Operations" and "SCUBA Diving Operational Risk Management".

Standards, policies, procedures, rules and legislation are fine as a starting point, and they will facilitate rapid deployment into a dive activity. However, they are based on a known and defined situation. If you venture outside the known and defined situation, you need a model that enables you to adapt human and physical resources to the unknown and the uncertain. Risk management facilitates this process.

(Do you have links to those books please -- would be much better for your informative post for those who've not been exposed to formal risk management processes )

 

[Edward3c]

(Do you have links to those books please -- would be much better for your informative post for those who've not been exposed to formal risk management processes )

You might find the BSAC guide to Conducting a risk assessment useful.

 

[old frogman]

(Do you have links to those books please -- would be much better for your informative post for those who've not been exposed to formal risk management processes )

Google Amazon and then the book title, simple.

 

[old frogman]

Hi Wibble,

Thank you for your interest. For those who may be interested in the risk management books, simply google Amazon and the title of the respective book for a synopsis and a quick view of the book. Both books are very recent publications which delve considerably deeper into scuba diving related risk management than anything previously published. You could say they complement each other. They are also available from many bookshops internationally including some university bookshops. Also available in digital form.

 

[Wibble]

www.amazon.co.uk/Scuba-Diving-Operational-Risk-Management

Risk Management for Diving Operations: How to enhance the safety and proficiency of diving teams​

Scuba Diving Operational Risk Management is the first book dedicated to the practical application of risk management to diving of all kinds and at all levels. It is a step-by-step how-to guide. In seeking to maintain diver safety, inform rescue management procedures and learn from near misses a process for identifying and dealing with risks is vital. In this key text, former SAS Assault Swimmer Class 1 Gino Ferreri details the procedure for pinpointing the real causes of dangers, and mitigating against them and their effects. Of great benefit to recreational, advanced and professional divers, plus anyone directly or indirectly associated with diving. All will find value in the principles and techniques contained in the book, which will remain relevant throughout their personal development and any future advances in equipment and approaches. Contains information that aligns with the ISO 31000 international risk management standard

www.amazon.co.uk/Scuba-Diving-Operational-Risk-Management/dp/1909455504

Risk Management for Diving Operations: How to enhance the safety and proficiency of diving teams​

"Risk Management for Diving Operations is an essential source for Dive Supervisors and great value to any professional/science diver's working library." Ed O’Brien, Dive Operations Manager, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

"This is a long overdue and often ignored topic in the Recreational diving world that needs to be understood and applied; this book will enable that to happen." Phil Short. Dark Water Exploration Ltd. Explorers Club Fellow. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

This book will assess the best risk management strategies for diving operations, filling some critical gaps in knowledge in this subject and providing a sound and scientific approach to the proposed theme.

No “zero risk” activities exist, but we should aim for a “zero accident” goal.

 

[Edward3c]

You might find the BSAC guide to Conducting a risk assessment useful.

In addition BSAC published the Expedition Manual, which covers all the essencial aspects of managing diving operations (first published 2010) ISBN: 978-0-9564813-0-6. Available from the BSAC Bookshop for £10.

 

[crofrog]

Hi SCUBA-licia,

From what you are saying I assume that you are looking at a model for deciding on what equipment and techniques to adopt regarding dive location, conditions and activity. You may also want to predict and resolve significant problems that may emerge during the dive. May I suggest the risk management model. There are two books recently published which explain the risk management model and its implementation.
"Risk Management for Diving Operations" and "SCUBA Diving Operational Risk Management".

Standards, policies, procedures, rules and legislation are fine as a starting point, and they will facilitate rapid deployment into a dive activity. However, they are based on a known and defined situation. If you venture outside the known and defined situation, you need a model that enables you to adapt human and physical resources to the unknown and the uncertain. Risk management facilitates this process.

Risk Management for Diving Operations is great. I will have to checkout the other one.

 

[sheeper]

@Scuba-licia I'm an old tech diver. my first tech dives were before it was called tech diving!
That said, there are multiple ways of doing many skills, multiple ways of configuring gear. And they are all good! But only if the instructor 1) meets their training agency standards, and 2) the instructor has the experience to know what they are actually doing.

i see many so-called tech instructors teaching because they have cards that say they can. The key is how long has the instructor been doing tech, how may tech dives do they have at the levels they are teaching, how many students have they trained at that level, and what environment(s) is their experience in.

Getting input and training and just diving with multiple experienced tech divers/instructors is a big benefit in post-class experience building. For example, i try and setup periodic tech dives for my (former) students just to keep them in an experience cycle.

 

[ginti]

www.amazon.co.uk/Scuba-Diving-Operational-Risk-Management



www.amazon.co.uk/Scuba-Diving-Operational-Risk-Management/dp/1909455504

Any chance you can share the table of contents?

 

[old frogman]

Any chance you can share the table of contents?

Hi Ginti,

After opening the Amazon link, just below the picture of the book cover, there is a button called "Read sample". Press the button and it will show you a generous sample of the book which includes the actual table of contents.

This procedure applies to both books on Amazon.