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The next locksmith in line for our Interview with a Locksmith series is MLA Approved Company owner, Simon Griffiths ( Editor of Keyways ) from Holdfast Security Systems
Company Name: Holdfast Security Systems Location: Crewe, Cheshire Years Trading: 24 – established in 1989
I started as an apprenticeship in 1979 and here I am, nearly 35 years later, still at it!
In 1979 I finished a catering course at college and wasn’t sure what to do with myself so I was working in a pub when someone said: “why don’t I try being a locksmith”. It turned out he ran a locksmith business and my interview consisted of “when do you want to start”!
Don’t think you can learn it in a week; I’m still learning 35 years on. There are lots of courses out there promising massive earnings after 3 or 5 days and it just doesn’t happen that way. Try to get a job with an MLA company and learn to be a locksmith properly.
All sorts of ways including regional meetings where there’s a lot of knowledge to be had in the bar at 3 in the morning!
To be honest it’s been pretty good, offering such a range of locksmith services and products means if one aspect of the business is quite another is generally busy and we’ve taken on an apprentice.
Lots – but I’m not sure I should let them slip!
Keep on doing what we’re doing, it seems to be working! But without standing still as things move on all the time and electronics are playing a bigger part in locksmithing every day.
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