Speaker Details

Human Factors Researcher & Consultant

Website:	https://www.thehumandiver.com
E-Mail:	gareth@humaninthesystem.co.uk
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About Gareth Lock

Gareth Lock has spent the last 8 years focusing on the role of human factors and non-technical in diving successes and failures. He developed his initial knowledge during 25 years in the Royal Air Force as a flight instructor and systems engineer, and enhanced this with research as part of a PhD. Taking this knowledge and theory, he has combined that with his technical diving training (GUE Tech 2, JJ-CCR Mod 1) to create a series of training programmes designed to improve diving safety and diver performance under the banner of The Human Diver.

Since 2016 he has trained more than 300 divers face-to-face and had more than 1000 people subscribe to his online class. Classes have been attended by recreational and technical divers and instructors and members of government organisations. He has published numerous papers and articles on human factors, non-technical skills and a Just Culture in diving and in March 2019, he took this one step further when he published his first book ‘Under Pressure: Diving Deeper with Human Factors’ which uses a mixture of case studies, theory and practical exercises to improve diving safety. He is currently involved in a number of research projects as well as producing a documentary which views a diving fatality through the lens of human factors and a Just Culture.