Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a locksmith can go next

1 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a locksmith already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Locksmiths install and repair mechanical and electronic lock systems using specialized tools. They cut and make duplicated keys for their clients and open locked doors in emergency situations. Locksmiths may also provide advice on security measures.

Also known as key and lock specialist, key maker, key and lock expert, key and lock installer.

Craft and related trades workers 29 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: security alarm investigator, 33%

Fig. 2 · Career map 1 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
security alarm investigator 33% covered locksmith You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 1 nearest destinations from locksmith, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a locksmith already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only one move is listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A locksmith needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • calculate quotations for security devices services information skills
  • install lockable devices constructing
  • repair lockable devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use locksmith equipment handling and moving
  • cut keys handling and moving
  • electronic locks engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • locking mechanisms engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • read technical datasheet information skills
  • carry out inventory planning management skills
  • manufacturing of door furniture from metal engineering, manufacturing and construction
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Locksmith is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a locksmith’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.