Why Divers Miss the Obvious

Why do divers miss the obvious? And why it is easy to spot the issues afterwards?

Description

In diving, deviation of the norm deserves our attention. We plan to do a dive, however basic we do this. And then we jump into the water. Maybe we’re lucky enough to have a buddy and maybe we would have discussed a few things with that buddy beforehand. But only too often this discussion is (too?) short.

During a dive, all sorts of things happen and most of it is expected. After all: we’ve planned this and maybe even tried to visualise a dive before we entered the water. From time to time something unexpected happens and we then have to respond.

1. But first, we have to perceive it (this is a sensory response, so sight, sound, pressure, smell).

2. Then we have to understand what this deviation means for us.

3. And finally, we have to understand what sort of effect this deviation will have in the future.

In a nutshell, this is how situational awareness works. But how do you know that something is out of the ordinary, that it deviates? This will be the main focus of the webinar.

Guest Speaker

Gareth Lock has been involved in high-risk work since 1989.

He spent 25 years in the Royal Air Force in a variety of front-line operational, research and development and systems engineering roles which has given him a unique perspective.

In 2005 he started his dive training with GUE and is now an advanced trimix diver (Tech 2) and JJ-CCR Normoxic trimix diver.

In 2016 he formed The Human Diver with the goal of bringing his operational, human factors and systems thinking to diving safety. Since then he has trained more than 350 people face-to-face around the globe, taught nearly 2000 people via online programmes, sold more than 4000 copies of his book Under Pressure: Diving Deeper with Human Factors, and produced ‘If Only…’ a documentary about a fatal dive told through the lens of Human Factors and a Just Culture. His goal, bring human factors practice and knowledge into the diving community to improve safety, performance and enjoyment.

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Why Divers Miss the ObviousGareth LockThe Human Diver