Program entity

Ocean County Vocational-Technical School

Toms River, New Jersey · Public institution

Address 137 Bey Lea Rd, Toms River, NJ 08753
Phone Not published
Website www.ocvts.org/
Tuition (in-state) Not available
Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
Program total cost $11,110
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 6 (latest reported year)
AWS ATF co-located No (No AWS ATF facility found in this city+state in the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025, 200 domestic facilities) -- not a gap, a computed negative match.)

Program details

What this program covers

Ocean County Vocational-Technical School's Welding Technology program is a 2-year, 900-hour program offered at Toms River and Jackson locations. Instruction covers shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, gas tungsten arc, and flux core arc welding, plus oxy-fuel and plasma arc metal cutting techniques. Students are encouraged to pursue American Welding Society (AWS) national certification, and the program prepares graduates for entry into unions including Pipefitters, Ironworkers, and Sheetmetal Workers, as well as careers in military, construction, and fabrication fields. The program includes work-based learning experiences with local industries.

Processes taught Shielded metal arc (SMAW), gas metal arc (GMAW), gas tungsten arc (GTAW), flux core arc (FCAW), oxy-fuel cutting, plasma arc cutting
Program length 2 years, 900 hours
Certifications prepped American Welding Society (AWS) national certification (encouraged)
Facilities Toms River and Jackson locations

Source: https://www.ocvts.org/, retrieved 2026-08-05

Sources & provenance

Identity IPEDS Directory (HD component) via Urban Institute Education Data API (2023) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Completions IPEDS Completions (C2023_A, NCES bulk file) (2023 (2022-23 academic year)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Tuition College Scorecard institution-level bulk CSV (Most Recent Cohorts) (most-recent-cohort (exact AY not labeled in bulk file; file release timestamp 2026-06-10)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Atf AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (aws-p-001-delivery.sitecorecontenthub.cloud/api/public/content/AWS-ATF-Domestic-Site-Listing), dated 6.25.2025, GET-fetched and parsed with pdftotext; 200 facility records extracted (city+state); co-location = program's city+state matches an ATF facility's city+state (2025 (6.25.2025 listing)) , retrieved 2026-08-04