Key Meeting Fundamentals

A thorough understanding of mechanical keying is a crucial skill for distributors, manufacturers, and end-users, enabling the required information to be communicated effectively between all parties.

This class on Key Meeting Fundamentals equips students with the skills and confidence to conduct a successful key meeting.

After participating in this session, attendees should be able to:

1. Explain the four most common levels of keying.
2. Implement the requirements of ANSI/BHMA A156.28 – Recommended Practice for Mechanical Keying Systems.
3. Prepare and prioritize materials to conduct a successful keying meeting.
4. Develop a key system layout to meet the owner’s needs.

Participation Policy

Success in a learning event depends on active participation and engagement by the attendee throughout the course. To earn a course completion certificate for any DOIT learning event, attendees are required to fully participate in the training activities, lectures, and discussion. This applies to those attending in-person and remotely. Participation is defined as greater than 90% attendance of the scheduled course time and active engagement verified by the instructor. 

Automated end of class exams are delivered via DOITs Learning Management System at the end of the course, students must achieve a minimum 80% on the exam to pass the course.