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Graduate earns fulfilling career upon graduating construction program
March 12, 2026
About four months ago, Grant Childers was operating heavy equipment at Land Lab Day while enrolled in the ICONIC program in Boise. He was just days away from graduating and earning his certification. Little did he know, he would meet his future employer that day.
Grant Childers stands proudly in his vest at Land Lab Day in November 2025.
“When I first arrived to the field day, the program director immediately introduced me to a few of the instructors at the program. I asked each of them about who they felt were their top candidates and Grant’s name was consistently at the top,” Manager of RivHab Engineering and EarthWorks Zack Billingsley said. “In fact, I specifically remember one of them saying that while there were quite a few candidates that he’d recommend, Grant was in a league of his own.”
After that introduction and speaking to Billingsley, Childers was called in for an interview and was selected to work at RivHab. He has been working at his new job for about a month and a half.
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