Description

Our SFIC course is designed to teach anyone who wants to learn about small format interchangeable core (SFIC) A2 systems. The curriculum covers hardware, tools, math, and real-life applications, including how to create an SFIC core from start to finish and how to drill and decode cores to obtain the control key bitting. We also cover the business side of SFIC, including pricing and managing pinning charts. By the end of the course, students will have a comprehensive understanding of SFIC systems and be able to confidently work with them in the real world.

How many videos are in this course?

This course has over 27 videos teaching you step by step!

Does this course cover SFIC A2,A3,A4 Systems?

This course covers the SFIC A2 system, however once you understand how A2 works you can easily understand and work with A3 and A4. The SFIC A2 system is by far the most popular system in use today.

How do I take the course?

After purchasing you will be emailed login instructions to our learning site within 24hrs or the next business day.

How long do I have access to the course for?

You will have lifetime access to the course, as time goes on we will continue to update the course and you won't have to pay anything extra!

Curriculum:

1. Hardware & Keys
     1.1 SFIC Keys
     1.2 SFIC CORES and How They Work
     1.3 SFIC Hardware
2. SFIC Tools Needed
     2.1 Pinning Kits
     2.2 Cutting SFIC Keys
     2.3 Can You Really Duplicate SFIC Keys?
     2.4 Capping, Ejecting, and Decoding Blocks
     2.5 Extra Helpful SFIC Tools
3. SFIC Math
     3.1 SFIC Math - Manual Calculations
     3.2 SFIC Math - Using Software
     3.3 Mason Keying
4. Your First SFIC Core (Start to Finish)
     4.1 Cutting the Keys
     4.2 Pinning the Cores
     4.3 Capping the Core
     4.4 Tips & Tricks for Common Problems
5. The Business of SFIC
     5.1 How to Price Your Work
     5.2 Storing & Managing Pinning Charts
     5.3 Who Owns the Charts and How to Communicate
     5.4 Managing the Control Key (Does the Customer Want it?)
6. Drill and Decode to Get the Control Key Bitting
     6.1 How to Drill an SFIC Core (For Decoding)
     6.2 How to Decode (Basic)
     6.3 How to Decode (Advanced)
7. Real Life Situations
     7.1 Keying a Core with Random Keys that Break All the Rules
8. Putting it All Together
     8.1 How to Look at Customer Needs to Set up a System
     8.2 Doing the Math
     8.3 Cutting and Stamping the Keys
     8.4 Pinning the Cores