Auto Locksmith Training Cornwall | Learn To Pick Car Locks! Start a Auto Locksmith Business!

Steve JB Taylor
Jan 27
5 min read

Join our auto locksmith for one of our best selling auto locksmith training courses in vehicle entry skills using Lishi and Li lock picks and lean how to pick Ford, VAG or what's known as Volkswagen locks which are also found on Audi and many other cars by mastering the skill of lock picking high security auto locks. The skills you will learn will be based on the two main lock picks that work on the majority of UK and EU cars with 8 wafer locks and the more high security 10 wafer lock. But we will be looking at many other lock picks along with jiggler tools and alternative auto entry skills. You will also learn the skill of decoding car locks.

Auto locksmith tool kit with our auto locksmith entry course. — This course has over £500 worth of auto locksmith tools included in the price!

We will be working to make sure you can open multiple locks on the two days you are with us. On day one we will be learning all about the locks themselves, understanding how they work, what's inside of them and most importantly how the lock picks work with auto locks which is different to residential and commercial locks. On day one we will be getting used to lock picking, trying many different locks giving you many different experiences until you can open boot locks, door locks, even ignition locks. We will also be working with jiggler sets for use in car doors to fuel cap locks, motorcycle locks, motorcycle break locks to dealing with other car security locks like wheel clamps, pedal locks, handbrake locks and steering locks along with roof top box locks, roof bar locks, tool box locks and more . On day two we will be finishing off these skills as we move into alternative entry such as airbag use in car doors along with other entry skills for cars with broken door locks. In day two we will be looking at stripping down locks, servicing and repairing or replacing wafers and fixing broken locks along with broken key extraction. We will also be looking at key cutting, codding for an insight into other aspects of the auto locksmith industry.

Learn to pick auto locks, car locks on our Auto Locksmith Training Course in Newquay Cornwall.

By the time you are done you will be able to open locked cars, retrieve keys from locked boots, extract broken car keys from locks, repair damaged car locks. Gain entry to cars or vans that have broken locks to dealing with lost keys for motorcycles, luggage boxes and side bags, roof boxes to wheel clamps and much more.

Auto Locksmith Training Cornwall | Learn To Pick Car Locks! Start a Auto Locksmith Business!

What's Included in this Auto Lock Entry Course!

Our Auto Lock Entry course includes Lishi tools, auto locks and a Lishi vice along with an alternative auto lock out entry kit.

You will also have 3 nights accommodation in one of our 2023 static holiday rentals that sleeps up to 4 people set within 20 acres of holiday park 3 lakes and of course our locksmith training facility.

Our Newquay Cornwall lock lab — Our Training Areas are for no more than 3 people at a time with plenty of room and multiple desks like this with a TV to watch videos and much more!

You will also receive the Guild of Master Locksmiths UK Auto Entry Skill Set 1 (AEss1) Award and have the new membership of the Guild of Master Locksmiths UK which is a new membership that's free of charge and provides a covering letter and certificate so that you can purchase restricted locksmith tools.

Requirements and Information About This Course.

Security Clearance is required, visit the Gov.uk website for a Basic Disclosure which costs £21 as of 2025. Visit Apply via Gov.uk
Experience Required: No auto locksmithing experience required. This course is aimed at anyone that would like to begin a career in auto locksmithing. Locksmiths that would like to add successful car opening to their range of services that already offer such as mechanism, car sales and retail, current locksmiths, van lock fitters etc.
Tools Required For Course: You do not require any tools, full tool kit will be supplied as part of the course. This will be your own tool set that you keep after the course along with training locks and vice.
After The Auto Course: You will need to practice at home and use our online locksmith training portal and use our videos and study our eBook and manuals to be able to unlock locked cars. Once confident with a good success rate of opening practice locks you will be bale attend real jobs such as locked out of vehicles, keys locked in cars, keys locked in car boots or the back of vans, deal with opening roof boxes with lost keys and replacing the locks, you will be bale to remove wheel clamps, remove other car security locking devices such as peddle locks, handbrake locks etc. You will be able to deal with motorcycle locks such as locked out of fuel cap locks, locked out of luggage and side bags on motorcycles to removing brick disk locks and much more.
Online Training Program: As part of this course you will have access to a full auto locksmith online training program for beginners so if you wanted to get into key cutting and duplication and working with the computer side of the industry you can gain a good understanding first. You will have access to our online training videos that show in detail more information on picking and decoding car locks, stripping locks down to downloadable content such as a list of cars your tools will open and much more.
24 Hour Support: We have 24 hour support via phone, text, WhatsApp with video calling. If you are stuck and need help, we can advise over the phone or send a video over to help refresh your knowledge. You can also ask questions and share your experience with us.

3 Nights Accommodation while with us!

As part of the course we include accommodation in a 2023 static holiday rental caravan that sleeps up to 4 people so you can bring up to 3 people with you and we also have 2 dog friendly vans available. Our park is based in Trethiggy, a 20 plus acre site with 3 lakes, children's play park, pool room and of course home to Cornwall and Devon Locksmith Training's lock lab with parking.

Our accommodation is self catering and we a short walk from the local shop and 3 pubs