BumpKeys4U offers a range of locksmith training courses in collaboration with Anglia Locksmiths, to help you develop your skills and professionalise your locksmithing career.
All our courses are delivered from 9am to 4pm at Anglia Locksmiths premises in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Tea, coffee and lunch are all provided during the day. Precise address details are all provided on confirmation of booking.
- Lock Bumping Course
- Lock Bumping Master Class
- Impressioning Course
- Key Cutting Course
- Key Cutting Course (Benchwork)
- Mortice Lock Beginners Opening Course
- Mortice Lock Advanced Opening Course
- Cylinder Opening & Bypass Course
- Utility Warrant Training Course
If you are not sure which locksmith training course is right for you, we can also help you choose.
Browse the courses below which provide further information or get in touch if you would like some further advice and information.
LOCK BUMPING COURSE
FULL-DAY COURSE
Topics covered include:
- How to set up your bump keys
- Which locks will open by bumping
- How to make your own bump keys
- Hints and tips to improve opening techniques
- Practical application with a variety of locks
By the end of the day you will be opening some British Standard rated cylinders as well as Dimple Cylinder locks.
No equipment needed as it is all supplied.
LOCK BUMPING MASTERCLASS
FULL-DAY COURSE
Master the skills needed to open higher-end 1* and 3* British Standard cylinders with this advanced and intensive course.
- Covers more than any other course available in the UK
- Designed for experienced professionals—not suitable for beginners
- Focused training on over 26 types of 1* and 3* cylinders
- Continuously updated to include the latest commonly used cylinders
- All equipment provided
UTILITY WARRANT TRAINING COURSE
FULL-DAY COURSE
Is warrant work your next step? This full-day practical course is tailored for locksmiths, focusing on non-destructive entry techniques and building the skills needed to confidently take on ‘Right of Entry’ Utility Warrant work.
Topics covered include:
- What equipment is required?
- The do’s and don’ts
- Working as a team
- What to expect and what is expected of you?
KEY CUTTING COURSE
FULL-DAY COURSE
Topics covered include:
- Machine safety, calibration & maintenance
- Blank identification and key comparisons
- Key cutting tools: files, key saws
- Different types of key cutting machines
- Duplicating keys: cylinder & mortice
- Making mortice & cupboard lock keys by hand
- Broken key cutting, key engraving & more
KEY CUTTING (BENCHWORK)
FULL-DAY COURSE
Join us for a full-day practical locksmith key cutting course making keys by hand. Topics covered include:
- Stripping down cylinders and making a key
- Stripping down wafer locks and making a key
- Making a key to 2 /3 lever mortice locks & cupboard locks by hand
- Making a key to a 5 lever mortice lock
- Broken key cutting and repairing damaged lever springs
LOCK IMPRESSIONING COURSE
FULL-DAY COURSE
Join us for a full-day practical locksmith impressioning key cutting course. This is by far one of the most sought after skills most locksmiths ask for. Topics covered include:
- Wafer lock key impressioning
- Cylinder lock key impressioning
- Cupboard, wardrobe & box locks key impressioning
- What tools are required and different methods of impressioning
MORTICE LOCK OPENING (BEGINNERS)
FULL-DAY COURSE
Topics covered include:
- Terminology of lever locks and how to identify prior to opening
- How to strip, reassemble, rekey and key alike
- Common lock-out problems and how to overcome them
- How to open many types of mortice locks using various non-destructive methods
- How to make and use your own over-lifters and how to drill open correctly as a last resort
- Locks covered will be from 2-Lever up to 5-lever non-curtained mortice locks
No equipment needed as it is all supplied.
MORTICE LOCK OPENING (ADVANCED)
FULL-DAY COURSE
Topics covered include:
- How to strip, reassemble, rekey and key alike
- Common lock-out problems and how to overcome them.
- How to open all 5-lever curtained and British Standard curtained mortice locks & detainers using various non-destructive methods including over-Lifters, try-out keys, 2-in-1 curtain picks, pin & cam & decoders
- How to drill open correctly as a last resort
- Locks covered will be all 5-lever British Standard curtained mortice locks
No equipment needed as it is all supplied.
CYLINDER OPENING & BYPASS COURSE
FULL-DAY COURSE
Join us for a full-day practical locksmith cylinder opening & bypass course.
Topics covered include:
- Single Pin Picking (SPP)
- Electric Pick Guns (EPG)
- Bumping
- Other picking & NDE bypass methods
- Drilling cylinders
- Tips & tricks
No equipment needed as it is all supplied.