Twenty (20) students from Manchester Township High School (MTHS) students were invited to attend the New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) Industry Career Workshop this week.
Students traveled to the NJNG location in Wall Township for the event. It was there that they were awarded a behind the scenes facilities tour featuring the Carbon Capture center, the Gas Control Monitoring room, the Incident Command Truck, and Advanced Mobile Leak Detection Vehicle.
Students interacted with and learned from career professionals with professional backgrounds in engineering, repairs, mechanics, emergency response workers, and more. Students were able to learn about the carbon containment unit (carbinx), the first of its kind in New Jersey that focuses on the reduction of carbon emissions and even lends itself to repurposing carbon in soap (each student received a bar of their own soap n addition to some NJNG swag after our visit!)
"Seeing the carbon computer which took up an entire wall was really neat!" says one MTHS student. Another student shared that "the cars with the new technology and explanation of lasers for detection were pretty interesting!" While another noted how "learning where our heat comes from and how much calculating and precision is involved was really interesting; I'd never given it that much thought before."
During group activities, MTHS students had the opportunity to share their career interests ranging from diesel mechanics and welding to military, biology, and engineering. Students were intrigued by the job descriptions, narratives, and technology made available by NJNG. Other students expressed curiosity about the summer internship programs offered to candidates at the starting age of 17 years old; specific details are often shared with Ocean County Vocational Schools where students can follow up.
"Learning about all the job opportunities and storm response overtime available was cool: that made it an experience that could lead to a job in the pretty near future." shared another MTHS student.
Thank you to Junior Achievement New Jersey and NJNG for the unique opportunity for our students to learn from and speak with the experts, explore new technology, compete in a pipe-fitting team-building activity alongside engineers, and share a variety of experiences.
