Last updated on 12 May 2026
Are you looking for an idea for an educational outing that combines professional discovery and current challenges? The Automotive Services and Mobility Week (SSAM) gives you the opportunity to immerse your students in a changing sector. An opportunity to shake up preconceived ideas, to open up new perspectives of orientation and why not vocations.
For its 10th edition, the SSAM (Week of Automotive and Mobility Services) offers more than 550 free events throughout France. Demonstrations, practical workshops, meetings with professionals: your students will be able to explore concretely the professions that drive the world of mobility, from the maintenance of electric vehicles to the maintenance of bicycles, through sales and recycling.
A week to explore the trades of tomorrow
Automotive services are constantly evolving professions that respond to the challenges of the green transition. Exit the image of the simple ‘garage maker’: today, professionals handle both the tablet and the wrench.
Technician in maintenance of electric batteries, expert in digital diagnostics, specialist in new mobilities … so many carrier careers that actively recruit. The sector is not experiencing the crisis. With nearly 18,000 vacancies and 470,000 employees, the sector offers guaranteed opportunities for your students.
These professions and the training that leads to them are open to all. Feminization is growing, including in professions that have long remained exclusively male, such as body-painting.
Free events adapted to your classes
Training organisations (professional schools and CFAs) and companies welcome you in formats designed for schoolchildren:
- Practical workshops to test professional gestures
- Exchanges with apprentices who share their experience
- Demonstrations of the latest technologies
- Discovery of training, alternation and development prospects
How to participate? Instructions for use
From 15 December 2024, check week-services-auto.com for:
- Locate events near your property with a geolocated search engine
- Identify sessions dedicated to schools
- Contact the organisers directly
- Prepare your visit with the reception team
On the site you will also find educational resources to discover in a fun way the trades and trainings such as the Comics "Sacha Piston" or the interactive game "Pimp My Garage".
To prepare your field visit upstream, the dedicated website metiers-services-auto.com allows for discover job descriptions and trainings as well as videos. Online leaflets also present the occupations per vehicle, as well as the regional training offer (https://www.metiers-services-auto.com/en-savoir-plus/nos-outils-a-votre-disposition).
Can't go to the field for an Automotive and Mobility Services Week event? You can discover the Sacha Piston comic book and the genius of automotive services, which can be accessed online for free. This humorous story takes the reader on the journey of an apprentice in the automotive services.
An opportunity not to be missed!
Automotive and Mobility Services Week offers a dynamic parenthesis in your school calendar. An opportunity to show your students that guidance can be an exciting discovery rather than a cause for concern. In a sector that is recruiting and transforming, there are many opportunities. So, ready to make your students discover their future vocation?
Visit week-services-auto.com to prepare your participation!
This article is the result of a partnership with theANFA
English