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Are you looking to hire a locksmith? All MLA approved locksmiths have been vetted, inspected and are fully qualified via passing the MLA Exam.
All employees of the Approved Locksmith must have had a satisfactory standard DBS check.
This is following a change to the law on the vetting of locksmiths implemented thanks to a campaign by the MLA.
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We have over 340 Licence MLA Approved Locksmiths in the UK.
I rang 3 MLA Approved locksmiths; all were helpful and answered my questions well. I used Mark from Fortess Security who came next day, was good, advised upon the locks and ensured they were working correctly. Also ensured i knew which keys were which. This was a very different scenario to other times i have used a locksmith so thank you to everyone for all the hard work and effort to ensure good, trustworthy customer service. Jackie
I rang 3 MLA Approved locksmiths; all were helpful and answered my questions well. I used Mark from Fortess Security who came next day, was good, advised upon the locks and ensured they were working correctly. Also ensured i knew which keys were which.
This was a very different scenario to other times i have used a locksmith so thank you to everyone for all the hard work and effort to ensure good, trustworthy customer service. Jackie
There is no government licensing of locksmiths, and due to this the Master Locksmiths Association has established its own licensing scheme.
In addition to being vetted & regularly inspected, Master Locksmith Association approved companies must employ a locksmith with a recognised exam based qualification.
Therefore we always recommend checking the credentials of a locksmith.
A Qualified Master Locksmith member of the MLA is a locksmith who has passed the MLA Exam proof of competence, and when self-employed the locksmith is likely to progress to become an MLA Approved Company.
Please note: any locksmith can call themselves a ‘Master Locksmith’, not all locksmiths can claim to be Master Locksmith MLA qualified or MLA Approved though.
Locksmiths who are MLA approved are allowed to use The MLA Approved Company logo on their websites, van, premises, vehicles and stationery.
If you believe a company is misusing the MLA Logo and/or claims to an MLA Member please see our Report Misuse of the MLA Logo/Membership page
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