Cornwall & Devon Locksmith Training, Train To Become a Master Locksmith
5 Day Locksmith Training & Accommodation
About our 5 Day locksmith course with 7 nights accommodation in Newquay!
Dubbed the locksmiths holiday because we offer a full 5 day locksmith course with 7 nights accommodation in Newquay Cornwall UK as part of this hands on in person locksmith training and accommodation package.
Its the ideal getaway and locksmith skills course combined. You can master your new locksmith skills by day in our Newquay based lock lab and once we finish at 3.30pm you can explore Newquay's restaurants, bars, beaches and more.
The best part is. You can even bring the family as our accommodation sleeps up to 4 people and we can offer pent friendly for up to 2 dogs worth £900 per week to holiday customers!
Accommodation!
We know how important it is to be relaxed, to be able to get a full nights sleep and that's why we make sure you only get the best with luxury accommodation as part of our course and it sleeps up to 4 people. The holiday rental is included in the price and it yours for 7 nights even if you finish your 5 days of training in 3 days. The rest of the time is yours to relax and enjoy.
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Sleeps 4 - Pet Friendly Available
Self Catering!
One to one Locksmith Training
We only deliver one to one training sessions unless you require one to two. We can tach up to 6 per class but we opt to only carry out one to one training. This allows the student to absorb as much information as possible at a rate that works best for that student. We do our best to put the quality of the training and student over the quantity of students.
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All training is hands on in the lock lab, from fitting locks to UPVC to stripping down multi point doors all the way to joinery and fitting mortice locks to new wood.
Real Door Training!
Its important that you train on real world doors, windows and more and that's why we train on real doors and windows and locks and not just locks in a lock lab. Our site is a commercial holiday park that has every kind of lock you will find in the UK from our games room with arcades to the office with safes, cash boxes and filing cabinets to the cottage with UPVC, patio does and UPVC windows through to composite to our bar with shutters, shutter bolts, fire doors to disabled toilets and radar key entry. From wooden doors and lever locks to UPVC and composite with multi points. We have it all to train on in real time..
Hands on Training
Theory is vital but we will cover that online with a pre-course before you arrive to bring you up to speed on things like common terms, how to use the tools, types of locks and how they work and fail and so much more. But once we are onsite we will be putting our hands on the tools. This will be mastering the skills of fitting locks to wood, such as using your new tools like the mortice jig to make a 5 lever lock system.
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You will be hands on when it comes to our Multi point UPVC part of the course as we strip down full gearboxes and learn how they work and fail and how we bypass them to repairing and replacement of gearboxes and parts.
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Its all hand son, from picking to decoding , fitting and more!
What's Included in the Locksmith Course?
The 5 day locksmith course with 7 nights accommodation in Newquay Cornwall. Our courses start with a at home training section which is the foundation course and its studied using our online video archive with access to all documents, eBooks and the training portal. You then attend your 5 days of locksmith training in Newquay Cornwall for one to one training. Once you have completed the hands on section its back home to the home study program for plenty of practice time. Here you will strip down your own doors, pick your own locks along with making mortice lock jigs and much more. By the time you have worked your way through the advanced home study sections you will be ready to take on work.
The 5 day locksmith locksmith course contains the following locksmith training courses:
The Locksmith Courses on our 5 Day Course
Foundation LFA1 certificate
LFA1 Certification and Award
2 Weeks Study (pre-course)
The LFA1 is a foundation course that's undertaken before you arrive on site, its a home study course that will have you up to speed or at an apprentice level ready for the hands on sections. Its a two week pre course studied at home with e-learning or distant learning and one to one video training with your instructor.
Multi Point and uPVC
GMLUK Levels 1, 2 & 3
Hands on, part of the 5 day course with further home study after the course.
This is the UPVC course for working on all parts of UPVC and multi point doors. You will learn all aspects of servicing doors, removing mechanisms, repairing mechanisms, sizing to gaining entry all the way through to toe and Heeling UPVC doors. Its all hands on tools and will give you a level 1, level2, and level 3 in UPVC, Multi Point, Composite doors and mechanisms.
Locksmith Fitters Course
GMLUK Levels 1, 2 & 3 Hands on, part of the 5 day course with further home study after the course.
The fitters course is as it sounds a fitting course. Its all about fitting locks and hardware. From fitting home safes to key box wall mounted outdoor safes to resizing existing mortise lock holes to fitting and exchanging parts o night latch systems to learning how to fit cylinder locks, handles, bolts, haps and much more!
Mortice and Joinery
GMLUK Levels 1, 2 & 3 Hands on, part of the 5 day course with further home study after the course.
The mortice and joinery course is a course dedicated to fitting of mortice locks to new doors using skills to make a perfect job that's worthy of being paid for. You will also be fitting rim cylinders and night latches to new wood along with mortice cylinder locks which are found on fire doors and HMO properties. You will also be using fire rated hardware, intumescent strips, wraps and wood fillers plus much more.
Lock Picking Standard Cylinders
GMLUK Levels 1, 2 & 3
Hands on, part of the 5 day course with further home study after the course.
This course will have you picking all standard cylinder locks from British Standard 6 pin cylinders found on doors to padlocks found in the commercial setting to residential locks. You will learn how to use your new lock picking tools, tension bars and tension placement, how cylinder locks work and how they are picked by hand and with the aid of EPG's Electronic Pick Guns plus much more.
Lock Picking High Security and Dimple Cylinders
GMLUK Levels 1, 2 & 3 Hands on, part of the 5 day course with further home study after the course.
You will now enter in to the high security section of lock picking as we set about picking 1 star cylinder locks and advancing to 3 star cylinder locks, pin in pin telescopic systems to magnetic pin systems such as Mul-T-Lock, to KABA, Yale Triple Platinum's, Ultion and much more. You will be learning to hand pick these locks using your new tools to learning about pick decoders and our own methods know as the Taylor Methods.
Residential Locksmithing
GMLUK Levels 1, 2 & 3 Hands on, part of the 5 day course with further home study after the course.
The residential locksmith course is all about the locks, hardware, components found in the residential setting. Its about why they fail, how to deal with failed issues, locked out, locked in issues to fire regulations, fire rated hardware to HMO homes of Multiple Occupancy and laws, insurance regulations pertaining to hardware and identification of hardware for insurance identification.
Commercial Locksmithing
GMLUK Levels 1, 2 & 3 Hands on, part of the 5 day course with further home study after the course.
The commercial locksmith course again is about all the locks, hardware, components found in the commercial setting and deals with all kinds of issues such as lock outs /lock in, failed parts to heavy duty hardware, fire escape locks and hardware, fire regulated items, fitting and repairs to fire rated doors along with shutters, shutter bolts and locks, shutter switches, safes, cash boxes, filing cabinet locks. Locks found in shops from jewellery stores to post offices andmuch more.
By the end of the 5 days course you will have all the hands on skills you require but you will need to back that up with home study session and further practice at home on our online locksmith course. This will allow you to become more confident in your skills and using the tools. By the end of the locksmith training course you will have a LFA1 award, GMLUK level 1, GMLUK level 2, GMLUK level 3. Once you start to operate and work as a locksmith you will then enter into the level 4 locksmith skills award which is earned by carrying oy physical jobs over a 12 month period. You will then gain the level 4 award which is the path to the Master Locksmith Award which is earned every 3 years for 10 years to be able o achieve the Master Locksmith award. So training with us never really stops. We are there for well over a decade fine tunning, working to build your business, brand and much more.
What Else is Included?
The 5 Day Locksmith Training Course also includes a full locksmith tool package. It has a home lock lab training kit and our starter stock package. Not forgetting your accommodation, online course and much more!
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Tool Package
We include a full tool package with this course, that's all your picks, to wood working jigs, tools, muti cutter to servicing materials, toe and heeling UPVC door tools and much more. Its all the technical tools you require to be able to operate as a locksmith today.
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Home Training Package
The home training package has all of your vices, mats, all of the practice locks and hardware to train on at home along with a webcam and tripod to be able to record your progress for assessment. You also keep all parts of the home locksmith training kit
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Stock Package
The locksmith stock package is a starter package with the most common locks and the most common sizes. We supply this to stop you wasting money on buying the wrong items. Its all things such as handles, cylinder locks, multipoint systems and more!
The Business Side...
A locksmith business training package!
Its vital that you learn about the locksmith business and business management and ownership in general. The is a course that's studied at home using our locksmith business development portal. It is like the locksmith home training apart from now you will be working with a business developer who will be working one to one with you. Its easy to follow as you both share your computer screens as your coach talks you through each program showing you how to stock manage to working with the invoicing systems to blogging fresh content and marketing. Learn more about our locksmith business package by clicking the link below!
What Else is in the Business Package?
Why do we add a business package? Well its been shown that people who choose a locksmith course that's just hands-on training with no business training are the ones who become rouge traders. They get very few jobs and when they do get jobs they over charge, lie and cheat to make money.
Cornwall and Devon Locksmith Training are part of Taylors Locksmiths who have an amazing reputation and are one of the UK's oldest locksmiths, we abide by there rules and ethics and we are part of the Guild of Master Locksmiths UK which means we adhere to there regulations and they say that a locksmith should have a fair chance and should understand basic things like consumer law since we make contracts onsite at peoples doorsteps to carry out work on doors that cost anything from £600 to £12k. The business training keeps you safe and allows you to understand business management and how to earn money from the business. Choosing a course with less only gets you half way and generally a lot more debt as you end up paying the 3rd party contractors to appear on Google or rank higher to try and make money! That's why we take you all the way from training to launching your business online!
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Website Package
A website is vital to any business today and is one of the most expensive things you can buy or cheap out on. People make choices in a split second online and having a slow website, ugly site with bad colours to poor graphics will result in lost revenu, Thats why we use the team over at Blue Reef Designs and have a website built for your bsuiness!
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Google My Business Package
GMB is also another vital tool but it has so many terms and conditions its easy to setup a business on GMB then a year later lose it completely and find yourself banned. That's why we let the experts do the setup, adhering to the rules and making sure your are found on Google maps and many other search engines found online today!
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Full Legal Package
Legal is always over looked and is one of the side expenses that you do not want to encounter. We use our own legal team that are solicitors that work with business law and will produce your terms and conditions which are vital for lay paying clients, being able to add late fees to terms of service for the website and so much more. We have you covered!
Accommodation...
As part of this 5 day locksmith training course and business package you will also have accommodation with your locksmith course. So if you are looking for accommodation to attend a course then we offer this as part of the package saving you more money. Why would you buy any other course and then pay for accommodation on top!
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The 5 Day Locksmith Course gives you 7 nights of luxury accommodation in a holiday park static rental at our site called Trethiggey Holiday Park. The same place you will be training at and working on the doors and locks of the park. Learning on a real and trading business.
Your accommodation is is 4 birth holiday rental. All our vans are from 2023 so they are all brand new and super clean. We also offer a pet friendly option for up to 2 dogs.
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This means you can bring them family along for the adventure. While you train the kids can enjoy the use of the games room, play park, 3 lakes and 21 acres of wildlife. We are only a mile away from the town centre and world famous surf beaches with there perfect blue waters, Cornish palm trees and dolphins.
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At the end of our village road we have 3 Cornish pubs all serving the best in local foods and drinks. This course also includes a two course meal for the locksmith and up to 3 drinks.
Course Price & Deposit!
Deposit: £500
Left to pay: £4200
Total price: £4700
RRP: £5700 SAVE £1000 on the last space for 2024
Spaces available: 1 space left for 2024 - SOLD OUT
Spaces available: 2 space left for 2025 - Price £5700
We only take 4 students each term maximum and we must first have a chat over the pone or a videos call to see if this course is suitable for you and the area you want to work in. We will run some online checks into the area and your local market and see if a locksmith business is a viable option for you and worth investing in. We wont take on any locksmith who will fail. Our reputation depends on your success.
What not call us to find out more: 07525639943 or message us on the contact us form!
