“A good locksmith is highly adaptable and doesn’t necessarily need expensive tools” – Chris Drake (Basingstoke Locksmith)
If someone has valuables, they should also care about its security!
This is where a locksmith comes in handy. Whether it’s a small car safe or the talk about Diamond Lock & Security, locksmiths are on the go. The only ones keeping your valuables safe at your end.
You can be good at lock smiting but becoming great requires 11 magic skills.
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1. Patience
Not every lock is same. This needs to understand every locksmith. Patience is the key power of every locksmith and tolerance should be in control. You must acquire a box full of patience to practice, try, fail, and try again every lock scenario your customer presents.
2. Forward Planning
Planning saves a lot of time. As a locksmith, you should always stay a step ahead of the lock. Figure it out in advance and take a double check on lock measurements.
3. Thinking Out of the Box
Be mechanically mind opened. To be successful you need to think out of the box on how a difficult lock can easily be strangled or made with our simplest forms. How adding one single element can make it 2x tough as before? All these and a lot more.
4. Make Tools Yourself
A locksmith would not be able to perform their job without their own set of locksmith tools. From picks to files, every locksmith tool plays an important role in getting the job done.
That said, one must have a variety of good locksmith tools to be a good locksmith. Most importantly, one must know how to use these tools well, and it takes a lot of practice and experience to master all the tricks and techniques of the trade.
A good locksmith has all kinds of tools to crack open a case for a scenario basis. While a great one will make his tools.
If you’re not up to the point of making your own tools yet, don’t worry. Buying ready-made tools and learning them will help you get there.
5. Accurate Advice
Based on lock standards, it’s your duty to give correct advice to the family or business (client) to secure their valuables. Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest standards and essentials of security.
6. Own It
It is not a necessity that you work for a company as a locksmith. Own your job as duty and you might be skilled enough to start your own business. Though it doesn’t require polished skills, information on every latest security standard.
7. Adapt it as a lifestyle
Locksmith’s career becomes a lifestyle. You will have to adapt your life to suit your business. It might take more than your job hours to fix or work on a lock which you shouldn’t deny because of over-time but accept it as essential.
8. Invest In Learning
Wasting time doesn’t stand on a priority list of a locksmith. Invest your time in learning about the field more and more. Practice new skills, learn the latest tricks and tips, training sessions, etc. All this will keep boosting your skills.
9. Communication
You need to be better at communicating with people. To understand what your client wants and to describe the process to them you need to have good communication skills.
10. Problem Solving
Operating daily as a locksmith you will face many issues. The keys, locks, and in general issues. Come up with solutions rather than exaggerating the problems.
11. Stay Thick
Many customers will want to squeeze you on price. Remain thick and still to them on pricing issues. You wouldn’t want to settle for less.
