Highfield
    Level 3
    QN: 603/5142/1
    Curriculum Active

    Highfield Level 3 Diploma for Automotive Locksmiths and Vehicle Security (RQF)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Highfield. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 332 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    Highfield
    Syllabus Units
    12 Units
    Guided Hours
    332 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Communicate effectively with others

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to develop and maintain communication with people
    • Understand how to maintain the security of information
    2

    Conduct dynamic risk assessments during locksmith activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal and procedural requirements relevant to dynamic risk assessments during locksmith activities
    • Be able to carry out dynamic risk assessments during locksmith activities
    3

    Introduction to the role of the locksmith

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understanding roles and responsibilities of a locksmith
    • Understand the relationships between locksmiths and other professionals
    4

    Maintain security of customers’ keys and records during locksmith activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal and organisational requirements relating to security of customers’ keys and records during locksmith activities
    • Understand customer data used in the locksmithing Industry
    5

    Meet customers’ needs for locksmith information and advice

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand what locksmith information and advice needs to be provided to meet customers’ needs
    • Be able to re
    • solve customers' complaints relating to locksmith requirements
    6

    Prepare and maintain equipment and machines

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to prepare equipment and machines for maintenance
    • Understand how to maintain and repair equipment and machines
    • Prepare equipment and machines for maintenance
    • Maintain and repair equipment and machines
    • Understand and comply with current health and safety legislation and codes of practice
    • Understand and work safely with hazardous chemicals
    7

    Principles of key cutting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal and procedural requirements relevant to cutting and providing keys
    • Know how to use relevant equipment
    • Know how to cut and provide keys
    8

    Provide a simple quotation for security devices and hardware

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal and organisational requirements for providing a simple quotation for security devices, and/or door hardware and their installation
    • Understand how to establish and record clients’ requirements for providing a simple quotation for security devices and/or door hardware and their installation
    • Be able to establish and record clients’ requirements for security devices and/or door hardware and their installation
    • Understand how to prepare simple quotations for security devices and door hardware and their installation
    • Be able to prepare simple quotations for security devices and door hardware and their installation
    9

    Reducing the risks to health and safety at work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand roles and responsibilities in the reduction of risks to health and safety in the workplace
    • Understand and assess the risks to health and safety in the workplace
    • Be able to take appropriate action when risks to health and safety in the workplace have been identified
    • Be able to maintain health and safety in own workplace
    10

    The principles and practice of vehicle key repairs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal and procedural requirements relevant to repairing and providing vehicle keys
    • Know how to use relevant equipment
    • Know how to repair vehicle keys and remotes
    • Be able to repair keys and remotes
    11

    The principles and practice of vehicle lock types and opening methods

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal and organisational requirements relating to gaining access to property and equipment
    • Know how to plan and prepare to open vehicle lock type security devices to gain access to property and equipment
    • Be able to plan and prepare to open vehicle lock security devices to gain access to property and equipment
    • Understand how to open vehicle lock security devices to gain access to vehicle and equipment
    • Be able to open security devices to gain access to the vehicle
    • Be able to cut and provide vehicle keys
    12

    The principles and practices of vehicle key learning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand legal and organisational requirements relating to gaining access to property and equipment
    • Know how to plan and prepare to conduct key learning procedures
    • Be able to conduct the key learning through cloning procedure
    • Be able to conduct the key learning through programming procedure
    • Be able to conduct the key learning through EEPROM procedure
    • Understand the best practices when conducting key learning

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/5142/1
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    Highfield
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Sept 2019