Locksmiths & Safe Repairers

Also called: Certified Master Locksmith (CML), Lock Technician, Locksmith

Career Cluster: Manufacturing
What they do:
Repair and open locks, make keys, change locks and safe combinations, and install and repair safes.
On the job, you would:
  • Cut new or duplicate keys, using key cutting machines.
  • Disassemble mechanical or electrical locking devices, and repair or replace worn tumblers, springs, and other parts, using hand tools.
  • Cut new or duplicate keys, using impressions or code key machines.
KNOWLEDGE

Safety and Government
  • public safety and security
  • law and government
Engineering and Technology
  • mechanical
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • customer service
  • sales and marketing
SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • talking to others
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Hand and Finger Use
  • put together small parts with your fingers
  • keep your arm or hand steady
Ideas and Logic
  • order or arrange things
  • use rules to solve problems
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Self Control
  • Persistence
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
  • dESCO ESC
  • WH Software InstaCode
EDUCATION


high school diploma/GED or certificate after high school
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $76,460.00
Median: $48,380.00
Low: $31,620.00
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