The training course "Automotive Locksmithing & Key Programming" aims to validate the competencies required to diagnose, manipulate, and restore locking and immobilizer systems found on a wide range of vehicles. It allows professionals (locksmiths, mechanics, automotive technicians, and programming specialists) to gain operational mastery of current technologies: identification of immobilizer protocols, analysis and modification of electronic files, key and transponder programming, vehicle opening by non-destructive or destructive methods, lock decoding, and coding adaptation.

The training takes into account the specificities of modern automotive locksmithing: diversity of electronic platforms, reinforced security of immobilization systems, evolution of transponders and programming interfaces, management of emergency situations (all keys lost), and the need to operate with precision, speed, and compliance with automotive industry requirements

COURSE

C1. Identify and Analyze Immobilizer Systems

• The different element identification methods

• Their roles, operations, and interactions

C2. Modify Electronic Immobilizer Files

• Use and modification of immobilizer files

• Introduction to highly secure automotive processors

• Soldering, desoldering, and reading a component

C3. Identify Keys and Transponders

• The different identification methods

• The different methods for checking operational status

• Universal transponders

C4. Program Keys and Transponders by Platform

• Overview of available market tools

• Understanding their advantages and limitations

• Identifying official tools vs. counterfeit tools

• Essential accessories for working under optimal conditions

• Using the software of the various interfaces

• Key programming based on vehicle platform

C4.1. Premium European Platforms

• Overview of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and VAG immobilizer systems

• JLR (Jaguar / Land Rover) immobilizer system

C4.2. Common Platforms

• Ford

• GM

• Toyota / Lexus

• Nissan

• Kia / Hyundai

• FCA / Stellantis: Fiat / Alfa Romeo / Iveco

• Volvo

• PSA: Peugeot and Citroën

• Renault and Dacia

C5. Identify Key Blanks and Analyze Lock Profiles

• The different types of key blanks and the vehicles they fit

• The different profiles and decoding methods

C6. Vehicle Opening Techniques

• Non-destructive openings (lock picking)

• Gap/wedge opening techniques

• Lock extraction

• Electronic unlocking

C7. Decode a Lock or Ignition Barrel

• Presentation of the various lock opening tools

• Understanding their advantages and limitations

• Understanding the detailed operation of a lock

• Examining and studying a lock

• Methodology for each common profile and their subtleties

• Interpreting wafer positioning

• Recognizing signs of wear or spring breakage

C8. Key Cutting / Engraving

• Understanding the detailed operation of a lock

• Identifying and selecting wafers

• Reassembling and testing a lock

• Interpreting the cut code

• Mastering the different interfaces of key cutting machines

• Knowing the tips and tricks for correctly cutting key blanks