Camden County Technical Schools

The Camden County Technical School (CCTS) district is a public, non-profit secondary and post-secondary institution. Our foremost mission is to demonstrate excellence and inovation in public education and to graduate skilled workers. The district strives to maintain an atmosphere of inquiry, continuous learning and interaction which enables students of all aspirations and abilities to develope to their fullest potential.

We recognize a responsibility not only to transmit recieved ideas, but also to participate in the developement of new ideas. Accordingly, we encourage the personal and professional development of our employees and provide them with stimulating and supportive working environment. CCTS also strives to foster strong partnerships among home, the school, and the community, and to teach an appreciation for the value of every individual.

Since 1928, the Camden County Technical School (CCTS) district has been a pioneer in the field of vocational-technical career training. Over the years, we have stayed one step ahead of the times in order to equip our students with the skills they need to survive in the "real world." These days the "real world" seems to change every day. That's why we teach our students with the most advanced technology available. Not only do our students learn the skills they need to survive today, but they also gain the knowledge necessary to survive into the millenium.

CCTS is one of the largest vocational-technical districts in New Jersey and in the nation. We are certified by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Our high school divisions offer 35 career training programs in business, health, technical and trade areas as well as the acedemic courses needed to earn a high schol diploma. CCTS is a public school system and anyone who lives in Camden County may apply for admission at no cost.

High school students may choose to attend our Pennsauken campus or our Gloucester Township campus. Also offered at the Gloucester Township campus is the Special Needs high school division. Students attend school for the entire day - part of the day is spent in their career training, and part in academic classes. In addition, students are offered a full range of athletics and activities to complement their education.

Students who qualify are offered the oppurtunity to participate in our school-to-career programs such as mentoring, pre-apprenticeship and cooperative education. Upon graduation, they are equipped with marketable skills and an academic education. This gives them the choice of obtaining entry-level employment in their career fields, attending a post-secondary technical school, or attending college.

Global Engineering Systems Organization

Campbell's Global Engineering Systems Organization has the worldwide responsibility to develope and implement technologies and manufacturing systems to produce food products. The organization is staffed with a full compliment of engineers haviing bachelors and graduate degrees in the areas of chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil, environmental, and industrial engineering.

Manufacturing in the food industry requires highly sophisticated systems to process a multitude of ingredients and containers, economically, and at a high rate of speed while maintaining rigorous levels of product safety, product quaity, employee safety and environmental compliance. In order to successfully acomplish this, technical expertise is necessary in many areas of engineering design and technology. These include thermodynamics, mechanical design, material handling, electrical power supply and computer controls, robotics, vision systems, refridgeration, civil and structural, sensor technology, steam generation, HVAC design, water supply and wastewater treatment, air emission controls, ergonomics and risk management.

The Global Engineering Systems Organization manages projects and programs that range in size from small projects to multi-million dollar projects for the installation of new manufacturing systems and construction of new manufacturing facilities. Typical projects include installation of systems to improve the preparation and conservation of raw ingredients into containers and close the containers at very high speeds, the installation of equipment to sterilize, pasteurize, bake, or freeze the product, the implementation of automatic systems to put labels on the containers, place containers on cartons, and palletize the cartons, and the implementation os systems to automatically assemble products using technology such as robotics. Other programs managed by the organization include building constuction and maintenance support, upgrades or expasions to exsisting utility systems and providing direction for worldwide plant environmental compliance programs. The main goal of each and every program is to provide a technically sound system in a cost effective and efficient manner.

In addition, Campbell's engineering organization plays a vital role in working with the business and product developement groups to interpret business needs with regard to capittal spending implications from a strategic standpoint and developing production systems for new products based on product development criteria.

Campell's Global engineering Systems organization is extremely proud to have sponsored the Camden County Technical School FIRST Robotics Team (Team 203) for the past eleven years. During this period, engineers have worked with the students in the design and construction of the robot and have hosted the team at their offices in order to expose the students to the different fields from within the engineering profession and the key role that ingineers play in the food industry. In addition, the students have had the oppurtunity to visit the pilot plant and observe how products are manufactured.