Ocean County
Vocational Technical School
High School
Ocean County Vocational Technical School provides an intensive and immersive educational experience aligned with the current and emerging demands of business, industry, and advanced education. The district instills the knowledge, skills, and competencies required for students to experience success in entering the workforce, advancing along a career pathway, and achieving career aspirations. Students often build on the strong foundation they achieve in high school to pursue a college degree or additional training and certifications. OCVTS also offers accelerated and evening programs for adult learners.
District Information
High School Programs
- Automotive and Diesel Engine Technology
- Building Construction Technology
- Child Care Professions
- Collision Repair
- Computer Science
- Computer Service Repair
- Cosmetology
- Culinary Arts
- Custom Woodworking and Design
- Design and Visual Communications
- Electrical Trades
- Fashion Merchandising and Design
- Health Sciences and Fitness Technologies
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC-R)
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- Law and Public Safety
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES)
- Marine Engine Service
- Medical Skills and Related Health Careers
- Performing Arts
- Plumbing, Pipefitters, Steamfitters and Fire Suppression Systems
- Pre-engineering
- Specialized Programs for students with special needs
- Welding
For Adults
The Ocean County Vocational Technical School Adult Division offers several flexible options to support career advancement or the start of a new career. Daytime, twilight, and evening hours may be available, depending on the program. Apprenticeship programs are also offered, connecting classroom learning and on-the-job training to prepare students with the skills needed to enter the workforce in a specific trade or occupation.
District Information
Adult Programs
- A+ Certification
- Apprenticeship Programs
- Audio Technology
- Automotive Collision Repair
- Automotive Technology
- Black Seal Boiler Operator
- Boat Captain’s License
- Carpentry
- Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD)
- Computer and Information Technology
- Construction
- Construction – Heavy Equipment Operator
- Construction – New Home
- Cosmetology
- CPR – Basic Life Support
- Culinary Arts
- Dental Assisting
- Diesel Technology
- Electrical Trades
- Health and Fitness Technology
- HVAC/R
- Machinist
- Manufacturing Technology
- Marine and Small Engine Maintenance and Technology
- Medical Assisting
- Medical Billing and Coding
- Medical Terminology
- Nursing – Licensed Practical Nursing
- Pharmacy Technician
- Phlebotomy
- Plumbing
- Water and Wastewater Operations
- Welding
School Locations
Brick Center
350 Chambers Bridge Road
Brick, New Jersey 08723
Cuisine on the Green, the Ocean County Center for Culinary Arts
261 Country Club Boulevard
Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey 08050
Jackson Center
850 Toms River Road
Jackson, New Jersey 08627
Grunin Performing Arts Academy
1 College Drive, Bldg. #12
Toms River, NJ 08754
Marine Academy of Technology & Environmental Science
195 Cedar Bridge Road
Manahawkin, New Jersey 08050
Toms River Center
1299 Old Freehold Road
Toms River, New Jersey 08753
Waretown Center
423 Wells Mills Road (Route 532)
Waretown, New Jersey 08758
Administrative Location:
137 Bey Lea Road
Toms River New Jersey 08753
(732) 240 6414
News From Ocean County Vocational Technical School
‘We need nurses’: High schoolers train for nursing careers at Ocean County College (Asbury Park Press)
Ocean County’s next generation of nurses surrounded a hospital bed at Ocean County College to explore what will be their new classroom for the coming school year. These high school students, enrolled in a pre-nursing program at Ocean County Vocational Technical School, are completing a two-year program that aims to prepare them for careers in health care. They recently celebrated the opening of the program’s new training classrooms on the college’s Toms River campus.
Career Classroom: Corporate contributions total $90K in scholarships to keep career-minded students in the Garden State (ROI-NJ)
Funding from Amazon, AT&T, NJM Insurance Group, PKA Technologies, PSEG, SHI International Corporation, South Jersey Industries (SJI) and VMWARE totaled $90,250 to the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) Foundation this year to distribute as scholarships to county vocational-technical school graduates.
NJ’s county vocational-technical schools graduate 251 students who earned associate degrees during high school
Taking full advantage of opportunities to earn college credits while in high school, 251 students from across New Jersey’s county vocational-technical schools graduated with an associate degree this year in addition to a high school diploma.