| 1959 - 1960 | Occupational Therapy Assistant at Napier Public Hospital, New Zealand |
| 1963 | Occupational Therapist at Wellington Public Hospital, New Zealand |
| 1964 - 1965 | Occupational Therapist at Lower Hutt Hospital, New Zealand |
| 1966 - 1967 | Occupational Therapist-in-charge at Whakatine Hospital, New Zealand |
| 1969 | Settled in Australia |
| 1969 - 1971 | Staff Occupational Therapist at Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia |
| 1971 - 1972 | Senior Occupational Therapist at Claremont Hospital Mental Health Services, Western Australia |
| 1972 - 1975 | Occupational Therapist-in-charge at Swanbourne/Graylands Hospital, Western Australia |
| 1975 - 1979 | Principal Occupational Therapist with Mental Health Services of Western Australia |
| 1979 - 1993 | Professor and Head of School of Occupational Therapy at Curtin University of Technology (formerly Head of School of Occupational Therapy at Western Australian Institute of Technology) |
| 1988 | Professorial Chair of Occupational Therapy at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia |
| 1991 - 1994 | Director of International Programs in the Division of Health Sciences at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia |
| 1994 | Dean (academic affairs) of the Division of Health Sciences at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia |
| 1995 - 1998 | Dean of Programs at John Curtin International Institute, Western Australia |
| 2000 - | Professor and Dean of the Scenario Planning and Research Unit at the Graduate School of Business at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia |
