Licensed locksmith with 7 years servicing residential, commercial and automotive locks and access control. Handles 8 to 12 calls a day and rekeyed and master-keyed a 300-door school campus over one summer.
Experience
Commercial Locksmith, Keystone Lock and Safe (Las Vegas, NV)
Mar 2021 – Present
Install and repair mortise and cylindrical locks, exit devices, door closers and electric strikes on commercial doors
Designed and pinned a master key system for a 300-door school campus, completing rekeying over one summer break
Install and program card access readers and keypad locks tied to building access control software
Run 8 to 12 service calls per day, including lockouts, with a 4.8 of 5 customer rating
Locksmith Technician, Silver State Locksmiths (Henderson, NV)
Apr 2019 – Feb 2021
Rekeyed residential locks, opened vehicles and cut and programmed transponder keys
Serviced and changed combinations on safes for retail clients
Education
High School Diploma, Clark Basin High School (Aug 2014 – May 2018)
Skills
Hardware: mortise and cylindrical locks, exit devices, door closers, electric strikes
A strong Locksmith resume shows the licences you hold, the equipment and systems you work on, and how your work improved safety, uptime, quality or output. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Certifications
Experience
Skills
Education
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Blueprint and schematic reading
Licences and trade certifications
Safety compliance (OSHA, NFPA 70E, LOTO)
Troubleshooting and diagnostics
Preventive maintenance
PLCs and controls
Precision measurement and GD&T
Welding and fabrication
CMMS (Maximo, Fiix, UpKeep)
Lean manufacturing and 5S
Example bullet points
Rebuilt the PM schedule for 14 injection molders in Fiix, cutting unplanned downtime from 9% to 4% in six months
Passed 3G and 4G AWS D1.1 bend tests and held a weld reject rate under 1% on structural steel
Wired 120 kVA of new service and panels to NEC 2023 with zero failed inspections across 30 commercial jobs
Tips from recruiters
Put licences and certifications near the top with the issuing body, state and number of hours or expiry date where relevant.
Name the machines, controls and processes you know (Haas, Fanuc, Allen-Bradley, GTAW) because hiring managers and ATS filters search for them.
Quantify safety and quality as well as output: incident-free hours, scrap, rework and inspection pass rates all count.
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Compact (ATS-friendly): Dense single column that fits long histories
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Locksmith resume FAQ
What should a Locksmith resume include?
A Locksmith resume should show the licences you hold, the equipment and systems you work on, and how your work improved safety, uptime, quality or output. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Certifications, Experience, Skills and Education. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a Locksmith?
Classic, Compact and Modern work well for Locksmith roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Locksmith resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a Locksmith put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Locksmith roles are Blueprint and schematic reading, Licences and trade certifications, Safety compliance (OSHA, NFPA 70E, LOTO), Troubleshooting and diagnostics, Preventive maintenance and PLCs and controls.
How do I write strong Locksmith resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as equipment uptime, scrap rate and OEE. For example: "Rebuilt the PM schedule for 14 injection molders in Fiix, cutting unplanned downtime from 9% to 4% in six months."