Additional Resources for Readers of “Your Career and/or Life as a Scuba Diving Instructor” by Darcy Kieran
If you haven’t already, please give me feedback on this book.
I will appreciate it, especially while I work on the next edition. Many thanks!
Wanna stay in the loop?
Subscribe to Scubanomics for dive industry market data and surveys, editorials & career support for dive professionals.
The following list provides sources of additional information for people who have read “Your Career and/or Life as a Scuba Diving Instructor.” Without reading the book, you would miss the context and the meaning of this information.
NEW! An Advanced Logbook For Continuous Improvement
Designed for certified divers, divemasters & instructors, it is much more than just a logbook! It is also a quick reference guide with a series of checklists on critical components of scuba diving and, more precisely, buoyancy & trim.
“SPF Scuba Diving Advanced Logbook & Checklists for Certified Divers, Divemasters & Instructors: Criteria for Selecting Dive Centers & Instructors, Buoyancy & Trim Mastery, Self-Debriefing & Scuba Diver Creed”
Learning From Dive Accidents
- Eric Douglas’ Lessons for Life
- DAN’s Incident Insights
- Gareth Lock’s Learning From Others’ Mistakes
Books That Are a Gold Mine for Dive Instructors
An up-to-date, complete guide for scuba divers by Alex Brylske: “Beneath the Blue Planet: A Divers Guide to the Ocean and Its Conservation.” I wish I had that book when I started teaching scuba!
A Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols: “Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do.”
Mental benefits of experiencing awe by Dacher Keltner: “Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life.”
“National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey” by Sylvia Earle.
The Dive Industry
- Survey results: The Economics of Being a Dive Instructor
- Market report: Scuba Diving Industry Market Size & Statistics
- ATTA: Adventure Travel Trade Association
- The Business of Diving Institute
NEW! Raising The Bar!
In my passion for consistency in the quality of the experience we provide to scuba divers, I wrote a handbook to help new divers find quality in training and adventures. Have a look! It provides a quality framework for you to use with your own open-water divers.
“The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Scuba Diving: How to increase safety, save money & have more fun!”
Critical Attributes: Skills Demonstration
Examples of instructor-quality scuba skill demonstrations: Mask Removal While Neutrally Buoyant (YouTube).
Health, Safety & Quality
- The Conception liveaboard fire: Details of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) hearings.
- Dan Orr’s original article on Normalization of Deviance, aka The “Short Cut Mentality”.
- Queensland’s Code of Practice – Australia.
- PSI’s Fill Station Operator Checklist.
- Tec Clark’s video on properly disinfecting dive gear (YouTube).
- DAN USA’s guidelines on disinfecting dive gear.
And now, while you are still on a surface interval…
- Please give me some feedback and perhaps write a review if you are so inclined!
- Check my other books.
- Subscribe to Scubanomics.