Started my working life as a secondary [high school] teacher (17 years).
Then joined a national company, working as an Industry Trainer, delivering management training, undertaking Industry and Occupational Analysis research (5 years),
Part-time tutor in postgraduate studies at the University of Canberra in Business and Public Administration,
Joined the Federal Government as a contract negotiator providing supplementary national funding to State Depts of Education, Systemic non-government schools, private educational institutions, universities, and other institutes of higher education for improved outcomes for Indigenous Australians (5 years),
Decided to do something really different: Studied at the local technical college, became a registered builder for domestic residences to two-stories high and started my own business.