# Calling any Aussues!#

[gareth]

Alright lads. Is there a recognised qualification that you need to work as a locksmith in Oz? Got a mate who's trading in the UK and is looking at carrying on down under when he moves across in a couple of years.
Any help on where's up and coming and what sort of locks you generally use would be of great help. Cheers

[lunchb0x]

where i am in the NT, i think its a bit more relaxed up hear so he could get a job fairly easily, im pritty sure in the other states it might be a lilttle harder but someone that lives their would be able to answer that for you.
but aslong as he is qualified and has papers i dont see there being a problem

where is he going?

[gareth]

Thinks he's at Adelaide or Perth. What sort of locks do you have on the average house down there? Cheers

[lunchb0x]

in darin its alot of lockwood and cheap entrance sets, as for restricted locks mostly bilock, but abloy and kaba are used aswell, when i went to melbourne they use differant locks altogether, alot of things like nightlatches and lockwood 001 type locks, adelaide i would assume would be the same

[Sl0th]

In Darwin, I see lots of Bilocks and Lockwood locks protecting businesses and the uni(has lots of bi locks). I've also seen the occasional lockwood digital lock (one with buttons, i dont know the formal name), and around our office (government) I've seen a few higher security locks which I have no idea what they are called, Im guessing dimple or magnetic perhaps?

As for the home, the locks we have on our front/back doors we've had for over ten years and can be picked very easily. The brand I have no idea on, other than the key has a large W on it. I'm guessing that a lot of the old residential area's are like ours have similar locks, I'm not sure about newer area's.

Criminals here usually go for the smash and grab method of breaking and entering, hopefully they wont educate themselves and figure how to pick locks any time soon.

Im not a locksmith though, so thats all i can tell you from my perspective.

[lunchb0x]

the ones with the W would be whitco keys, so i take it you live in darwin

[Sl0th]

I do indeed.

[greyman]

write to locksmiths supply company in Melbourne, they should be able to send you their catalogue. Last I looked they were in Dryberg St. The address I have for them is 140 Dryberg St, North Melbourne, VIC 3051.

You might also want to look at the Australian Lock Company's site to find out their dealer requirements. They do Bilock, and it is big. Kaba is also pretty big down under.

[gareth]

Greyman, sorry reply took so long. Thanks 4 the int.

[lunchb0x]

http://www.lsc.com.au/category.paje?CATEGORY_ID=6

this is LSC website it might help out