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DCJS 25E Locksmith  

DCJS VA Approved and Accredited Training School. .All courses offered.
Please call our office at: 804-290-4388
All courses are open enrollment.
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A locksmith is any individual who performs locksmith services, or advertises or represents to the general public that the individual is a locksmith even if the specific term locksmith is substituted with any other term by which a reasonable person could construe that the individual possesses special skills relating to locks or locking devices. This includes words such as lock technician, lockman, safe technician, safeman, boxman, unlocking technician, lock installer, lock opener, physical security technician, or similar descriptions.
Course Time: 18 hours
  1. Code of Virginia and 6VAC20-174, Regulations Relating to Private Security Services
  2. Signs of Terrorism 
  3. Orientation to Locksmithing
    1. History of locksmithing
    2. Ethics
    3. Trade resources
    4. Terminology
    5. Professional conduct
    6. Job safety
  4. Public Safety Codes
    1. NFPA (80, 101)
    2. Overview of Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs)
    3. ADA
    4. Terminology
    5. Safety code resources
  5. Technical Applications
    1. Terminology (to include definition/purpose/function)
    2. Locks/types
    3. Handing
    4. Master keying
    5. Key records and codes
    6. Key blanks and keyways
    7. Physical security
    8. Types of client sites
    9. Safes/vaults
    10. Access control
    11. Handling restricted keys
    12. Door system components
    13. Automotive
  6. Written comprehensive examination

DCJS 25I Locksmith In-Service

Course Time: 4 Hours