Safe Technician

[Micah]

Hey I’m currently completing my locksmith apprenticeship in Australia and loving every minute of it but the company I work is more of a commercial company and don't do a lot of safe work. Which is what I want to do after my apprenticeship first question is there a separate apprenticeship for safe work? Second question would moving to a more suitable country be better? Like England where a lot of the safe companies are located any help would be much appreciated.

[gotta]

If I had my choice, I'd work on safes full time as well. In order to do that as you've figured out, you have to be where there's a lot of safes. If you have your heart set on it, do some research and try and find someone to apprentice with. Make sure you aquire some welding skills as well. You'll need that to do safe repair. Nothing fancy, I do arc and gas welding along with brazing. Best of luck.

[lunchb0x]

there are a few plaaces in australia that realy only do safe work but they probably wont be iterested in taking an apprentice on, but the best think to do would be to ring around, where in aus are you?

[globallockytoo]

If you are in Melbourne, look up a guy named Gerry Forder. He is one of the best known boxmen in the country and could probably recommend who to talk to.

[zeke79]

If you are in Melbourne, look up a guy named Gerry Forder. He is one of the best known boxmen in the country and could probably recommend who to talk to.

I can second this. Gerry is known even in the states as a great safe tech and makes some great, innovative tools for safe work. Be sure you take globallockytoo's advice and look him up.

[aussielocky]

As far as I am aware there is no seperate (formal) apprenticeship for safe work. Your best course of action would be to seek employment with a firm that either specialises in, or does a fair amount of safe work, rather than a general locksmiths or a commercial work company.

Once employed there you can start to learn, and it will take quite a while to become competant in the area of safes.