Intermediate & Advanced Locksmith Courses

We now have an advanced level programmed designed for students who wish to practice as a locksmith at a higher level.

These advances courses are someone who’s either completed our beginner’s locksmith courses or for locksmiths with experience looking to increase their skill set.

Intermediate & Advanced Courses

There’s a choice of different modules, depending on the areas of locksmithing you’re looking to work in, including:-

1. Lock Bumping Masterclass – 1 Day
2. Opening Module – Level 2 (Lever) – 1 Day
3. Aluminium and Glass Doors – 1 Day
4. Essential Bench Locksmithing – 1 Day
5. High Security Cylinders – 1 Day

Are there courses we don’t run you are interested in? Contact us with your feedback.

Below is a breakdown of what you will learn on each course during the day.

1. Lock Bumping Masterclass – 1 Day

Course Content:

• What Locks can be Bumped ?
• How to make your own Bump Keys
• Pro’s & Con’s
• Common Pitfalls & Techniques
• Do Dimple Locks bump open ?
• What Bump Hammer ?

Included in course

• Students get Hand out sheets covering everything in the lesson
• Brand new euro cylinder each with 3 x original keys where they can make 1x bump key from during the lesson
• Take the other 2 x keys and cylinder home to keep practicing with.

Price & Location:

Cost: £180 inc VAT -MLA Members Rate* | Non Member £238.80 inc vat
Location: Unit 1, Prospect Park, Valley Dr, Rugby, CV21 1TF
Date: View latest course dates

2. Opening Module (Level 2) (Lever) – 1 Day 

• Various methods of entry explained
• Opening authority procedures
• Detailed lock identification through the keyhole
• How to successfully drill BS curtained mortice locks
• Including hints Tips and how to avoid the dangers of failure
• Hands-on drilling of BS mortice locks
• Instruction and hands-on NDE of BS mortice locks
• Instruction and hands-on NDE of Securefast, Eurospec and Chubb/Union 114

Experience:

Please note this module is aimed at trading locksmith (rather than complete new entrant).

I recently attended the MLA’s 5 day beginner locksmith course and Level 2 opening course and was thoroughly impressed with the high standard of the facilities and quality of the trading locksmiths teaching the course
– Jordan Morrison

We recommend this module is taken after some experience following any level 1 training.

• Have a good understanding of lever lock terminology, how locks work and understanding of basic opening techniques.

Price & Location:

Cost: £295 inc VAT – MLA Members Rate* | £395 inc VAT – Non-Member Rate.
Members reduced price – Become a MLA Member
Location: Unit 1, Prospect Park, Valley Dr, Rugby, CV21 1TF
Date: View latest course dates

3. Aluminium & Glass Doors  – 1 Day

Learn How to:

• Safely remove/re-fit the doors
• Gain access for repairing and rekeying the locks
• Troubleshoot issues with transom and floor springs
• Install Access Control on aluminium single and double doors
• Replace transom and floor springs
• The implications of un-checked/un-serviced doors
• Making your customers aware of health and safety implications from slamming of doors and loose/broken pivots
• Preventing injury to people (especially children) from door slamming or incorrectly set door controls
• The difference between hold-open and non-hold open doors on Access Control installations

Aluminium Doors

• A mixture of theory and practical
• Types of door springs used
• Distinguishing between the side & end load, hold open & non-hold open doors
• Different closer strength sizes & their applications
• Taking off and replacing doors
• Examining and replacing transom springs
• Types of closers & pivots
• Adjusting/calibrating aluminium doors
• Types of locks & fitting them for use with Access Control systems
• Converting double action to single action
• How to fit electric releases, mag locks and correctly aligning door when using shear mags
• Specialist hardware (e.g. fire escape applications)
• Releasing and replacing jammed flush bolts
• Changing screw in and Euro Cylinder locks and barrels

Price & Location:

Cost: £315 inc VAT – MLA Members Rate* | £365 inc VAT – Non-Member Rate.
Members reduced price – Become a MLA Member
Location: Unit 1, Prospect Park, Valley Dr, Rugby, CV21 1TF
Date: View latest course dates

4. Essential Bench Locksmithing – 1 Day

• Exam standard key cutting to Chubb/ Union 3G110
  – Demonstrations and theory on various means of key cutting followed by practical and assessment.
• General lock repairs
  – Silver soldering
  – Extending keys Fitting Drill pin, bolt stumps, etc.
  – Repairing levers, springs, gating’s etc
  – Demo and practical for students.
• Euro profile Cylinders
  – Building and rekeying euro profile cylinders using the Kaba Grundmann rekeying tools
  – How to load pins
  – Retaining the top pin, passing, master keying etc
• Furniture Locks
  – Lock recognition
  – Opening techniques
  – Impressioning wafer locks
  – Decoding making master keys for furniture locks
• Demo and practical for students

Price & Location:

Cost: £295 inc VAT – MLA Members Rate* | £345 inc VAT – Non-Member Rate.
Members reduced price – Become a MLA Member
Location: Unit 1, Prospect Park, Valley Dr, Rugby, CV21 1TF
Date: View latest course dates

5. High Security Cylinders – 1 Day

• Lock identification
• Terminology of lock parts
• Components and the make up of cylinders
• Drill protection
• Snap protection
• Side bars
• Locking cams
• Security handles
• and more!

After the Course

You will be competent in picking, opening & dealing with failures of high security cylinders such as SS312 & TS007 3 star locks.

Price & Location:

Cost: £295 inc VAT – MLA Members Rate* | £395 inc VAT – Non-Member Rate.
Members reduced price – Become a MLA Member
Location: Unit 1, Prospect Park, Valley Dr, Rugby, CV21 1TF
Date: View latest course dates

Further Reading

• Training FAQ’s – over 20 popular questions answered
• MLA Membership – Reduced training course prices and more