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Aside from my other job responsibilities, I take care of the keys at the college I work for. I also have been taking over more of the things with the locks despite that being in the Physical Plant department before. I've really been enjoying it. The is just something about working with the locks that I really enjoy. The previous guy didn't keep up on stuff much and it's become very apparent. Our key system has submaster. For instance, there might be a submaster that opens all the offices in a department and one that opens the classrooms, outside of the individual door keys. It's becoming more apparent that the submasters were never adjusted when rooms changed purposes and it's been making things more difficult sometimes.
Recently I started looking through the locks and seeing what needed to be updated and which locks could be reused and such and then how much it would cost us. There were going to be 19 locks in the first batch. 60-70 locks total. It costs 43.50 to repin a lock. That would be around $3,000 total. There is no way we can justify spending that much. But I happened to find a locksmith school in my state that does basic locksmith type stuff. It only costs a thousand. I figured even that would be too much and that there was no way either would happen and that I'd have to make do with the current locks.
Yesterday morning I went in to talk to my boss and I jokingly mentioned the locksmith school, figuring we'd both laugh and then talk about how to manage with the locks we had. Instead he got very interested in the school and such. As of today, the enrollment forms have been sent and my hotel room is just about completely booked. I think I'm still a bit in shock. I honestly didn't expect them to send me but I'm thrilled.
As of the end of January, I'll know how to pick locks, repin locks, and tons more! The bounciness and big grin is probably going to last for a long time.
Aside from my other job responsibilities, I take care of the keys at the college I work for. I also have been taking over more of the things with the locks despite that being in the Physical Plant department before. I've really been enjoying it. The is just something about working with the locks that I really enjoy. The previous guy didn't keep up on stuff much and it's become very apparent. Our key system has submaster. For instance, there might be a submaster that opens all the offices in a department and one that opens the classrooms, outside of the individual door keys. It's becoming more apparent that the submasters were never adjusted when rooms changed purposes and it's been making things more difficult sometimes.
Recently I started looking through the locks and seeing what needed to be updated and which locks could be reused and such and then how much it would cost us. There were going to be 19 locks in the first batch. 60-70 locks total. It costs 43.50 to repin a lock. That would be around $3,000 total. There is no way we can justify spending that much. But I happened to find a locksmith school in my state that does basic locksmith type stuff. It only costs a thousand. I figured even that would be too much and that there was no way either would happen and that I'd have to make do with the current locks.
Yesterday morning I went in to talk to my boss and I jokingly mentioned the locksmith school, figuring we'd both laugh and then talk about how to manage with the locks we had. Instead he got very interested in the school and such. As of today, the enrollment forms have been sent and my hotel room is just about completely booked. I think I'm still a bit in shock. I honestly didn't expect them to send me but I'm thrilled.
As of the end of January, I'll know how to pick locks, repin locks, and tons more! The bounciness and big grin is probably going to last for a long time.
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