Locksmiths & Safe Repairers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $72,830.00
Average: $50,210.00
Hourly
Average: $24.14

What they do:

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

On the job, you would:

  • Cut new or duplicate keys, using key cutting machines.
  • Disassemble mechanical or electrical locking devices, and repair or replace worn tumblers, springs, and other parts, using hand tools.
  • Cut new or duplicate keys, using impressions or code key machines.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

99% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
97% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
94% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
88% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
86% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
83% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
81% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
80% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
80% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
80% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
76% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
75% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
72% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
72% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

61% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

72% Finger Dexterity  -  The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
72% Control Precision  -  The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
69% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
69% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
66% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Fabricate parts or components.
Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures.
Install hardware or other interior fixtures.
Assemble electrical components, subsystems, or systems.
Disable door locks.
Cut materials according to specifications or needs.
Document operational activities.
Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
Disable door locks.
Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
Repair worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
Repair structural components.
Install hardware or other interior fixtures.
Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
Refinish wood or metal surfaces.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

99% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
99% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
95% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
93% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
91% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
87% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
87% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
83% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
82% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
82% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
80% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
77% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
75% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
74% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
70% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
70% Letters and Memos  -  How often does the job require written letters and memos?
70% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
70% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
69% Outdoors, Under Cover  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)?
69% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
68% Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting  -  How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?
66% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
72% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

86% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
82% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
77% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
75% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
75% Scheduling Work and Activities  -  Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
75% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
74% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
73% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
73% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
72% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
69% Monitoring and Controlling Resources  -  Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
69% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
67% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
66% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
66% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
65% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Getting Started

Education:
65%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
30%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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