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Keeley Bontog: Operating Engineer
Most young girls grow up admiring their mothers. But Keeley Bontog was born with her dad’s gear-head genes. And, as daddy’s girl, she had an inherent inquisitiveness for tools, cars, trucks and everything in between.
Keeley’s dad is a senior truck driver with more than 20 years in the construction industry. She recalls at age 10 tagging along with him to job sites, washing his semi truck and playing with his tool set while he worked. As Keeley got older and more mechanically inclined, dad and daughter started to take on projects together.
“I learned everything there is to know about tools from my father. We worked on so many cars together,” Keeley says. “He had too many cars to keep track of. We built engines, swapped out motors and transmissions, you name it!”
These memorable moments with her father convinced Keeley to pursue a career as an operating engineer in the construction industry. (Read more)
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