Automotive Lock Picking and Decoding
Automotive Lock Picking and Decoding
Learn to open virtually any vehicle using professional lock picking and decoding techniques fast, clean, and legally compliant. A must-have skill for any automotive locksmith operating in the field.
20 hours In-Person Training + E-Learning Content
The hands-on course for safe, professional vehicle entry no damage, no drama.
Ideal for workshops & professionals in troubleshooting.
Location: EMS Electronics Miami Campus + online platform
Prerequisites: Basic mechanical aptitude and an interest in automotive systems
Target audience: Professionals and motivated individuals
Accessibility: Designed to accommodate remote learners and working professionals
Access timelines: Start within 15 business days of enrollment
Pricing: $2,490 HTVA
The hands-on course for safe, professional vehicle entry no damage, no drama.
Ideal for workshops & professionals in troubleshooting.
Location: EMS Electronics Miami Campus + online platform
Prerequisites: Basic mechanical aptitude and an interest in automotive systems
Target audience: Professionals and motivated individuals
Accessibility: Designed to accommodate remote learners and working professionals
Access timelines: Start within 15 business days of enrollment
Pricing: $2,490 HTVA
INTRODUCTION & PRESENTATION
What you will learn
C5
Identify blanks and analyze lock profiles through the study of different types of blanks, their profiles, and decoding methods in order to select the correct blank and prepare a compliant reproduction. Means including the destruction of locks.
C6
To open vehicles using various techniques such as finesse methods (lock picking), manipulation techniques, lock extraction, and electronic unlocking in order to provide a quick, adapted, and secure opening, with or without destruction depending on the situation.
C7
Decode a lock or a ignition by mechanical analysis or specialized tools using appropriate tools (Lishi, turbo decoder, examination of the wafers), studying the internal mechanism and the action methodology according to the profile in order to extract the cutting code and facilitate the reproduction or replacement of the key.
C8
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
C8
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
C8
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
C8
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
C8
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
C8
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Identify vehicle drafts, understand the mechanism of locks, decoding methods (Lishi, turbo decoder, wafers) and opening techniques (picking, bypassing, electronic unlocking, extraction/destruction if necessary)
Diagnosing the wear of a lock, recoding it by replacing the wafers, reassembling, and testing.
Master the cutting and engraving of keys from a code or an original, with expertise in machines and their tricks.
C5
Identify blanks and analyze lock profiles through the study of different types of blanks, their profiles, and decoding methods in order to select the correct blank and prepare a compliant reproduction. Means including the destruction of locks.
C6
To open vehicles using various techniques such as finesse methods (lock picking), manipulation techniques, lock extraction, and electronic unlocking in order to provide a quick, adapted, and secure opening, with or without destruction depending on the situation.
C7
Decode a lock or a ignition by mechanical analysis or specialized tools using appropriate tools (Lishi, turbo decoder, examination of the wafers), studying the internal mechanism and the action methodology according to the profile in order to extract the cutting code and facilitate the reproduction or replacement of the key.
C8
C8
C8
C8
C8
C8
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Identify vehicle drafts, understand the mechanism of locks, decoding methods (Lishi, turbo decoder, wafers) and opening techniques (picking, bypassing, electronic unlocking, extraction/destruction if necessary)
Diagnosing the wear of a lock, recoding it by replacing the wafers, reassembling, and testing.
Master the cutting and engraving of keys from a code or an original, with expertise in machines and their tricks.
C5
Identify blanks and analyze lock profiles through the study of different types of blanks, their profiles, and decoding methods in order to select the correct blank and prepare a compliant reproduction. Means including the destruction of locks.
C6
To open vehicles using various techniques such as finesse methods (lock picking), manipulation techniques, lock extraction, and electronic unlocking in order to provide a quick, adapted, and secure opening, with or without destruction depending on the situation.
C7
Decode a lock or a ignition by mechanical analysis or specialized tools using appropriate tools (Lishi, turbo decoder, examination of the wafers), studying the internal mechanism and the action methodology according to the profile in order to extract the cutting code and facilitate the reproduction or replacement of the key.
C8
C8
C8
C8
C8
C8
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Perform the cutting/engraving of the key by disassembling and reassembling locks, replacing the pins, interpreting the cutting code, and mastering engraving machines in order to adapt a lock to a key, create a new coding, and ensure precise and functional cutting.
Identify vehicle drafts, understand the mechanism of locks, decoding methods (Lishi, turbo decoder, wafers) and opening techniques (picking, bypassing, electronic unlocking, extraction/destruction if necessary)
Diagnosing the wear of a lock, recoding it by replacing the wafers, reassembling, and testing.
Master the cutting and engraving of keys from a code or an original, with expertise in machines and their tricks.
Pedagogical approach
Pedagogical approach
20-hour module developing high-precision manual expertise in mechanical automotive locksmithing.
Pedagogy of the technical gesture with demonstration, reproduction, and repetition
Progression by levels: identification, opening, decoding, recoding, and cutting
Intensive manipulation on numerous locks and varied profiles
Complete professional equipment and development of tactile sensitivity
90-hour active training: intensive practice and gradual empowerment in engine control programming.
Spiral progression: fundamentals followed by advanced skills
Projects on real ECUs and professional cases (stage 1, E85)
50 hours in-person (hands-on, demos) + 40 hours e-learning (theory, tutorials)
Mastery of tools (Kess, Winols...) and security (checksums, compliance)
Phase 1
Jours 1 à 2 — Diagnostic moteur & transmission
Recognize and classify profiles
Laying the foundations of visual recognition.
Draft identification
Visual recognition sketches, profile classification, vehicle-sketch association. Develop the professional's eye.
Phase 2
Jours 3 à 4 — Diagnostic serrurerie & antidémarrage
Advanced reading techniques
Mastering lock picking, Lishi decoding, and turbo decoders.
Advanced techniques
Non-destructive lock picking, emergency techniques, Lishi decoding for all profiles, code extraction. Perfecting the technique and sensitivity.
Phase 3
Jour 4 (fin) — Validation & rapport client
Finalization of the complete chain
Master all stages of intervention.
Comprehensive expertise
Recoding by replacement of sequins, key sizes (original codes), professional machines, ethics. Guarantee professional service.
CONCLUSION
The expertise in mechanical locksmithing that you will master.
The expertise in mechanical locksmithing that you will master.
A training focused on the precision of the gesture and the mastery of automotive locks.
Recognition of drafts and profiles
Quickly identify drafts and profiles suitable for each vehicle.
Recognition of drafts and profiles
Quickly identify drafts and profiles suitable for each vehicle.
Non-destructive opening techniques
Open vehicles by lock picking and emergency methods while preserving the lock.
Non-destructive opening techniques
Open vehicles by lock picking and emergency methods while preserving the lock.
Advanced lock decoding
Use Lishi and turbo decoders to read the chips and extract the cutting codes.
Advanced lock decoding
Use Lishi and turbo decoders to read the chips and extract the cutting codes.
Recoding and key size
Recode locks, replace tumblers, and cut keys from codes or originals.
Recoding and key size
Recode locks, replace tumblers, and cut keys from codes or originals.
Touch sensitivity and precision
Develop a fine tactile sensitivity, master pressure, and detect subtle signals.
Touch sensitivity and precision
Develop a fine tactile sensitivity, master pressure, and detect subtle signals.
Affordable emergency service
Set up a 24/7 locksmith service offer with adapted pricing and quick ROI.
Affordable emergency service
Set up a 24/7 locksmith service offer with adapted pricing and quick ROI.
CALENDAR
Our training calendar 2026
May 2026
From May 13, 2026 to May 15, 2026
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May 2026
From May 13, 2026 to May 15, 2026
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