It’s the profession that’s on the rise: in this Val-de-Marne high school, we train future elevator operators

Who has never had the anxiety of finding themselves stuck in a broken elevator, and praying for the technician to arrive as quickly as possible?

This is the type of situation that Ali, 18 years old, is preparing to become an elevator operator.

“We have forty-five minutes maximum to react if a person is blocked,” he learned during an internship with the Irea company.

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With his security key, the young man half-opens the elevator door which is used for practical workshops in the elevator specialty class, at the François-Arago high school in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges.

“See, the door is open, so the elevator cannot move, that’s the first safety factor,” he explains to a small group of high school students curious to discover the profession during an open house on Friday. February 2.

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