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 Middlesex County Vocational-Technical School |
County vocational-technical schools prepare students for careers in all aspects of the construction industry, including drafting and design, building trades, and facilities maintenance and operations. Students in these high-demand fields develop hands-on technical skills, as well as experience in planning, designing and estimating project costs. The field of construction, with a high rate of entrepreneurship, also requires training in safety, related mathematics and science, and small business skills.
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At Middlesex County Vocational-Technical School School of Construction Technology, students use a single construction laboratory where they collaborate on the completion of one building project, just as they would in the field.
 Cumberland County Technical Education Center |
With a grant from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Union County Vocational-Technical Schools and the New Jersey Regional Council of Carpenters developed a carpentry curriculum to teach students the skills required for entry into the union’s apprenticeship program. Students who complete the program and pass the entry examination are eligible for one of the ten apprenticeships set aside by the carpenter'sunion for graduates of this cooperative venture. This successful partnership is a model now being replicated in Atlantic, Hudson and Somerset counties.
Students in the electrical and building technology classes at Atlantic County Institute of Technology took on a big assignment in 2007, when they constructed an entire house for Habitat for Humanity. Built in the parking lot of ACIT, the house was then moved onto its foundation in Galloway Township, where it is a new home for a very lucky -- and grateful -- family.