New-York-Locksmith wrote:Just about every thread that comes up on the f/b course has someone who thinks there’s a better way to do it, and I have never heard a locksmith that has taken this course say not to take it.
Yeah but if I'm reading what you're saying right, the locksmith already knows whats being offered. So, since he knows all about locksmithing he is just stating whether or not the curriculum is sufficient to teach someone to be a locksmith, not to actually become a successful locksmith.
You can't learn everything to become a locksmith from a book. Locksmithing, I have found through working with some of the best, is one of many trades that you only learn through actual participation.
In my opinion, this type of stuff is counter productive if you ONLY take the F/B course. I know many locksmiths taking on first timers either want you to know just about everything or nothing at all, in other words, they don't want to take on someone with bad habits as well as someone with incomplete knowledge.
They'll spend more time correcting those bad habits and filling in those incomplete areas that given the amount of salary they are paying the "experienced" f/b graduate that it would make more sense just to get an apprentice.
As said before, no course can come close to hands on work. You can use them as supplements but don't expect this one course to work magic.
Also your original statement was purely anecdotal and the outside reader should take it with a grain of salt.
