| 1962 - 1963 | Secondary Teacher |
| 1963 - 1967 | Lecturer at the Secondary Teacher's College |
| 1968 - 1974 | Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne State College and the University of Melbourne |
| 1975 - 1990 | Head of the Science Department at the Victorian State College and antecedents |
| 1981 | Visiting Fellow at the Cornell University, USA |
| 1984 | Visiting Fellow at the Cornell University, USA |
| 1988 - 1989 | Visiting Fellow at the University of Liverpool, UK |
| 1989 - | Member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Nurses Board of Victoria |
| 1990 - | Member of the Education and Society Issues Committee of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia |
| 1990 - | Member of the Biosafety Committee at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research |
| 1991 - 1992 | Associate Professor and Head of the Science Department at the Victorian State College and Deakin University in Victoria |
| 1993 - 1995 | Head of the School of Maths Science and Environment Education at Deakin University, Victoria |
| 1995 - 1996 | Member of the working party on Genetics Counselling and Testing Services Development of the Victorian Department of Health and Community Services |
| 1995 - 1997 | Member of the National Training Committee of St John Ambulance, Australia |
| 1996 - | Professor of Science Education and Head of the School of Scientific and Developmental Studies in Education at Deakin University, Victoria |
| 1997 - 1998 | Member of the Examination of Critical Care Nursing in Victoria for the Minister for Health Victoria |
