Pursuant to the Act, the department has determined that an applicant for licensure as a locksmith company, or the prospective company representative of the applicant company, must meet one of the qualifications detailed in this section:
- (1) Qualification option one. Two (2) consecutive years of full-time locksmith-related experience; or
(2) Qualification option two.
(A) Successful completion of a department approved forty-eight (48) hour basic locksmith course and a six hundred (600) hour fundamentals of locksmith course, with the curriculum content detailed in this subparagraph:
- (i) Introduction to locksmithing.
- (ii) The Act and this chapter.
- (iii) State of Texas and United States Government business requirements.
- (iv) Key blank identification.
- (v) Key machine and key duplication.
- (vi) Codes and code cutting.
- (vii) Basic lock types.
- (viii) Basic picking.
- (ix) Rim and mortise cylinders.
- (x) Key in knob/key in lever locks.
- (xi) Deadbolts and mortise locks.
- (xii) Installations.
- (xiii) Impressioning.
- (xiv) Basic master-keying.
- (xv) Basic safe servicing.
- (xvi) Small format interchangeable core.
- (xvii) High security and key control cylinders.
- (xviii) Automotive opening.
- (xix) Automotive key generation and programming.
- (xx) Exit/panic device servicing, replacement, and installation.
- (xxi) Door closer servicing, replacement, and installation.
- (xxii) Cabinet and drawer lock servicing, replacement, and installation.
- (xxiii) Safe installation, moving, and anchoring.
- (xxiv) Single door access control service and installation.
- (B) Successful completion of a basic locksmith proficiency exam that covers a minimum of twelve (12) locksmith subjects and is approved by the department; and
- (C) One (1) year of full-time locksmith related experience.
Source Note:The provisions of this §35.123 adopted to be effective May 6, 2014, 39 TexReg 3608; amended to be effective December 29, 2019, 44 TexReg 8032.