In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast we learn about human factors in diving with Gareth Lock.
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You’ve heard it said that diving accidents occur because of poor judgement and that it is usually a series of events that lead to a big mishap. There is truth to both of those statements, but a more profound thing to consider is that it can happen even to the best of us when subtle changes take place in our diving prep or the day itself.
And there’s no one better to discuss this topic with than Gareth Lock of The Human Diver, and he is launching the first ever Human Factors Conference for Divers. And we will be discussing that today.
Gareth Lock
Gareth Lock is a retired Royal Air Force senior officer Navigator of 25 years, who was both a senior supervisor and a tactical flight instructor on an operational C-130 flying squadron. He has a MSc in Aerospace Systems from Kingston University and spent his last 5 years in the RAF as a Requirements Manager for Defensive Aids Systems working across all levels of industry, research and the military from front-line user to very senior officers, both in the UK and in the US, often at highly classified levels.
Gareth is an Open Circuit advanced trimix diver (Technical Diver Level 2 with Global Underwater Explorers) and normoxic trimix CCR diver (JJ-CCR with TDI) with around 800 dives over 12 years of diving. He is also an accomplished underwater photographer with a deep interest in cold, green water wreck diving.
Shortly after leaving the RAF in 2014, he delivered eight months of Well Operations Crew Resource Management (WOCRM) training and coaching to oil workers in an offshore environment, the results of which were presented by Gareth and Phil Smith (Managing Director of Critical Team Performance) at the oil and gas industry’s international (IADC Human Factors) conference in Houston. In June 2015, Gareth completed the TOP-SET three-day Senior Investigator root cause analysis course, considered an industry standard in Oil & Gas, heavy industry, and rail incident and accident investigation.
In 2012, Gareth started his PhD, examining the role of human factors in scuba diving incidents. He is published in a number of magazines and journals, has presented at nine international diving conferences on Human Factors in diving, and manages the Diving Incident and Safety Management System incident database.
He has recently been appointed Global Underwater Explorer’s Director for Risk Management, responsible for developing the performance of instructors and instructor trainers and building a Just Culture within this learning-cultured organization.
Items In This Episode
- The Human Diver Website
- Human Factors in Diving Conference
- Under Pressure
- If Only Documentary
- “The best way to learn is by learning from mistakes” Gareth Lock
- “Once you set minimums they then become targets” Gareth Lock
- HALT
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