Occupation identity

OCCUPATION IDENTITY

Peggy Gibson

ELDEST DAUGHTER

My role as an eldest daughter had many responsibilities, from an early age I was taught: cooking, cleaning, sewing, doing household shopping and taking care of younger siblings.

TOUR HOSTESS

My role as a tour hostess allowed me to Travel. Meeting a variety of people from around the world. I loved this role.

AIRLINE RESERVATIONS AGENT

A very pressured job, can’t say I enjoyed this role, (not occupationally satisfied). The good thing was I travelled free of charge, and made lots of contacts.

WIFE

My life changed when I took on the role as a wife. Transitioning from being single to married was scary in the beginning.

MOTHERHOOD

My son Frederick (in white) was born in 1987 and Eugene (in blue) in 1988, became a full time mum from 1987 to 1993.

TRAVEL AGENT

My role as a Travel Agent, travelled a lot in the six years that I worked for the travel agency as part of doing familiarisation trips. Learnt a great deal about the world.

HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM TUTOR

My role as a Hospitality Tutor Started in 1996 till 2010. I loved teaching it was my life, very satisfied with this role.

DENTAL ASSISTANT

Trained at Otago Polytechnic in conjunction with New Zealand Dental Association and worked for Otago University and Southern District Health Board as a Dental Assistant.

VOLUNTEER

My role as a volunteer at English language Partners and Volunteering Otago.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENT

Being a student is part of being in the Occupational Therapy School. This includes socialising, assignments, studies, fieldwork placements and doing assessments to be a future Occupational Therapist.