In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we look at how to be a master of your domain in the open water environment.
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Welcome to The Dive Locker Podcast, the podcast for dive professionals where we bring you the latest in diving industry resources that make you excellent at teaching techniques, risk management and dive business.
Well, today we continue a three part series on mastery of domain. Again Mastery of Domain is an instructional concept that’s all about one’s command and control of an environment. And in diving instruction we have three unique environments that we must master and be in control of – they are the classroom, the pool or confined water, and the open water.
And today we’re going to look at how you can absolutely be a master of your open water domain. I would like for you to consider something. Have you ever had a job where you were assigned an office? Many of you have and I have too. But think about how you were uncomfortable with this new environment at first. Perhaps it’s the furniture layout or where your phone is located or where your computer monitor is positioned. Soon you’re moving things around and putting decorations on the walls and it has become a comfortable environment.
Well guess what? Your office as a dive pro is the open water environment. Whether it’s the ocean, a lake, a river, a quarry, a spring, a sinkhole, even an aquarium, you must have enough mastery of that environment to be as calm and settled in as your office. In this episode I’m gonna share some great strategies for making the open water a comfortable domain in which you teach and supervise others.
Items In This Episode
- Adapt to the Biggest Stressors
- Dress the Part
- Site Knowledge
- Know Your On Location Operators
- In Service Training Rescue Scenarios
- Know Your Inventory (Aquatic Life)
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