The main practitioners of locksmiths are men, and the proportion of women is very low. Some women will engage in locksmith-related work for family reasons; The professional certification system has been gradually improved, and some locksmiths have intermediate locksmiths' qualification certificates or senior locksmiths' qualification certificates; Large-scale operating companies have emerged, and the franchise chain system has emerged, which has the ability to negotiate and order products with large lock factories. Such as Li Wensuo City; Network communication is becoming more and more frequent, and the closure of the industry has changed. There are websites of locksmiths, such as locksmiths in China.

From the original mentoring to formal school training, vocational skills learning and training. There are professional schools in Beijing, Shanghai, Fengxian, Shandong and Harbin, which are mainly distributed in big cities and small and medium-sized cities. There are few in rural practitioners, and they are usually part-time jobs of some businesses.