2026-03-24T18:32:03.574Z

Really useful concepts and principles to apply to diving, work and life.

2026-03-17T09:18:18.450Z

2026-03-17T00:14:17.541Z

2026-03-15T18:26:11.654Z

I first read Gareth Lock’s book Under Pressure in 2023. I signed up for the two-day Human Factors in Diving Applied Skills course in 2025. Wow what an experience!!! I thought I was an effective communicator. This course revealed so much about the critical nature of non-technical skills in diving. Things like Performance Influencing Indicators, when discussed and analyzed prior to a dive can reveal so much about and individual’s, and a team’s, readiness to dive. I’ve even begun applying a HFiD philosophy in other aspects of my life such as the concept of “just culture” where blame-seeking and hasty judgments are replaced by true learning.I’ve gleaned twice as much value from the course than it cost. If I could change three things about the scuba industry, one would be for all new scuba divers to complete the four-hour online Essentials course. The second would be for all scuba instructors and recreational divers pursuing technical diving to participate in the Applied Skills course.Godspeed Gareth. You and your team have embarked on a noble mission.

2026-03-12T09:13:03.187Z

Great online course!!!It focuses on people, not just the technical skills.Sometimes we tend to be so technical that we forget the basics about ourselves as people.This course helps build safer teams with simple habits—shared briefs, speaking up early, and taking breaks when needed.Practical tools we can use every day in dive operations.

2026-03-12T04:20:54.921Z

Scuba equipment is life support. This is no different to being in space or in an ICU. When something goes wrong, you die. This course stops that from happing. The human diver understands that the ultimate goal of every dive is to get back on the boat.