Exam Schedule
All application materials must have been received and processed by the Board office in order to register for a exam.
The Board has a new (v.4.0) study guide available for the locksmith licensure examination. The study guide costs $30. You may email director@nclocksmithboard.org, with your mailing/shipping address, and request a study guide. You will be invoiced and once you pay by credit/debit card, a guide will be mailed to you. You can also mail a written request for the study guide with a check or money order for $30, and we will mail you a study guide.
The Board is now offering the licensing exam six times a year at locations across North Carolina. Please review the exam schedule and contact the Board’s Director, director@nclocksmithboard.org, to schedule your appointment to the exam administration below.
Note: Only approved applications will be allowed to be seated for the examination. You submit application first, then you are scheduled to take the exam.
2020
December 12, 2020 – 1pm, Forsyth Technical Community College, West Campus, 1300 Bolton Street, Winston Salem, NC
2021
January 23, 2021 – 1pm, Cape Fear Community College, Union Station, Room 387, 502 N. Front Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
March 6, 2021 – 1pm, Forsyth Technical Community College, West Campus, Room 36, 1300 Bolton Street, Winston Salem, NC
June 19, 2021 – 1pm, Cape Fear Community College, Union Station, Room 387, 502 N. Front Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
The exam schedule is continually updated. More test dates will be added to 2021 schedule as they are confirmed.