In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we discuss negligence and how it applies to diving professionals.
Welcome To The Show!
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.
As you know risk management is a huge part of being a dive professional. And at this time of year it’s on our minds. This is when most professional liability insurance policies that we carry renew on July 1st. Now speaking of professional liability insurance renewals, next weeks episode will be our annual professional liability insurance episode. It will help you decide on what policy and coverage you should get. It will be updated for this year’s offerings from the different brokers. But, if you can’t wait till next Wednesday’s episode on this, you can always listen to Episode 42 The Ultimate Professional Liability Insurance Episode: Which Policy Is Right For You? So if you need to make your decision this week then I encourage you to listen to that episode. However, if you listen to next week’s episode, you’ll still have two weeks to bind coverage for July 1st.
My Upcoming Course on Risk Management
Another thing to know about is that I’m producing a ScubaGuru Academy online course on Risk Management for Dive Professionals. Now you may be asking why produce an online course on risk management. My friends it’s simple, the scuba training agencies are not giving the appropriate amount of education on this topic. That’s my humble opinion as a former national training agency director and forensic diving accident investigator. I have worked with our defense attorney and insurance companies. I have dealt with ambulance chasing attorneys, and the greedy parties bringing lawsuits. Also, I have witnessed egregious standards violations and poor judgement that has left divers and their families with no other alternative then to bring forth a lawsuit to compensate for their losses and to help ensure an accident never happens like that to others.
Pro’s Receive Little Risk Management Education
For you PADI pro’s you may or may not know the most popular PADI seminar every year at DEMA is the Risk Management seminar. Pat Fousek, who has just recently retired which is sad cause she was a class act, Pat would put on this seminar multiple times, with great content, and case histories. And the room would be packed. But, this is not required to attend. Even some of the content would make it’s way to PADI member updates around the world. But again, no requirement to attend.
Now look at all the other agencies. What are they producing annually to keep instructors up to speed on risk management and legal aspects of being a dive pro? They’re not. And no matter what agency you’re with the content in the Divemaster, Assistant Instructor and Instructor courses on risk management and legal issues – well, it could be, and I dare say it needs to be better.
For all those reasons I’m producing an online course that will not only help dive pro’s be more understanding of how to truly manage and mitigate risk, but also you’ll be a better instructor to teach Risk Management in your Divemaster and higher courses. Today’s episode on Negligence is a nice primer for both next week’s episode on professional liability insurance, and my upcoming online course on risk management. Hey and if you get a moment, reach out to me and let me know areas of that online course that you’re particularly interested in. I’ll be sure to add your requests to the course.
Items In This Episode
- What is a negligence case?
- Duty of Care
- Breach of Duty
- Damages
- Proximate Cause
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