Despite improvements in technical diving equipment, the diving community continues to suffer from fatalities and near misses. This presentation by Gareth Lock will identify and demonstrate the issues we face under the banner of ‘human error’ and ways in which we can improve both diver performance and diving safety. Unfortunately 'Human Error’ is used as the end game when it comes to a number of incident or accident investigations but itshould really just be the starting point.  This thought provoking and challenging presentation will include material not seen before; material that is applicable to the beginner technical diver right through to the most experienced instructors out there.