Locksmith and Home Security

To prepare students for an entry-level career as a locksmith and/or home security technician. This program will provide students with the concepts and skills needed to gain employment or apprenticeship in professional locksmith.

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Identify roles and career opportuni-ties for locksmiths and home security technicians
• Explain how to identify, create, and duplicate keys
• Define locks and the common methods and tools used to open locks without keys
• Recognize the components of a com-mon mechanical safe lock and the procedures used to dial open, service, and change combinations
• Describe home security and the role of the home security technician in locksmithing
• Discuss electrical knowledge and licens-ing requirements needed as a home security technician
• Explain the components that make up an access control system and how choose components to fit the needs of the system
• Identify installation options for closed circuit TV and other detection and mon-itoring systems

The course orients the student to their program by helping students to develop successful learning skills and action plans to get the most out of their study time. It introduces the student to working as a professional locksmith and home security technician.

Objectives:

• Describe how to establish a study plan by incorporating effective skills, strategies, and study techniques
• Identify the tasks performed by locksmiths

In this course, you’ll start by learning how to identify a variety of keys by looking at the shapes and characteris-tics of the key. You’ll then learn how to make new keys from key blanks by using a key machine. Finally, you’ll learn how to duplicate both standard and cylinder keys, one of the most common tasks of the professional locksmith.

Objectives:

• Summarize the common types of locks and keys encountered by locksmiths
• List the common tools used by locksmiths and the safe practices for their uses
• Identify various types of keys using identifying marks and reference materials
• Explain the process of creating keys from key blanks
• Outline the process used to duplicate a cylinder key
• Duplicate a key using manual key duplication techniques

In this course, you’ll learn how locks are designed to fit many different security needs. You’ll learn how many standard and specialty locks operate, as well as how they’re bypassed when the correct key is missing. You’ll learn how to pick or rake open common types of locks and rekey locks when they need to be fit to a new key. You’ll also learn how safes and vaults operate and how to perform maintenance on them.

Objectives:

• Describe the various types of locks and their applications
• Explain how to rekey a pin tumbler cylinder
• Summarize how to open locks without using a key
• Identify the components of safes and vaults
• Rekey a Kwikset lock for use with a different key

This course provides an overview of the role of the home security technician. You’ll start by learning about how the home security technician works to provide modern security solutions for homes and businesses. Then, you’ll learn some of the fundamentals of electricity, which home security technicians need to know in order to successfully wire for and install security systems. Finally, you’ll learn about low voltage electricity, which is used to power many control and security systems.

Objectives:

• Explain the role of the home security technician in relation to locksmithing
• Explain how circuits function using Ohm's Law
• Describe how electricity functions in low-voltage circuits

In this course, you’ll learn the basics of wiring a home security system. You’ll learn about access control sys-tems, as well as how to identify the physical and electrical properties and characteristics of conductors. These areas of knowledge are essential for any wiring job you’ll work on throughout your entire career. Many of the skills you’ll learn in this program build on these basic fundamentals.

Objectives:

• Describe various types of access control systems and their components
• Describe how to select and install various types of conductors, wires, and cables

This course covers the different components that comprise a complete home security system. You’ll first learn about the types of detection and alarm systems that sense hazards in the home, including break-ins and fires. Then, you’ll learn about home monitoring systems that use CCTV and recording options both to monitor and protect a home. Finally, you’ll learn about system management software, which allows all of these systems to work together to keep a home safe from dangers.

Objectives:

• Explain how CCTV and recording hardware are used to monitor a home
• Describe the various components and uses of detection and alarm systems
• Identify types and functions of common system management software for home security