Locksmiths and Safe Repairers

Repair and open locks; make keys; change locks and safe combinations; and install and repair safes.

Job Task

• Disassemble mechanical or electrical locking devices, and repair or replace worn tumblers, springs, and other parts, using hand tools.
• Insert new or repaired tumblers into locks in order to change combinations.
• Repair and adjust safes, vault doors, and vault components, using hand tools, lathes, drill presses, and welding and acetylene cutting apparatus.
• Cut new or duplicate keys, using keycutting machines.
• Install safes, vault doors, and deposit boxes according to blueprints, using equipment such as powered drills, taps, dies, truck cranes, and dollies.
• Open safe locks by drilling.
• Move picklocks in cylinders in order to open door locks without keys.
• Remove interior and exterior finishes on safes and vaults, and spray on new finishes.
• Keep records of company locks and keys.

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