Josephine is the current President of the Australasian Marine Pilots Institute (AMPI) and a Check Pilot at Port Kembla. She has worked with the Port Authority of NSW at Port Kembla since 2012, following a 7 year period working as Harbour Master/Pilot at Eden on the NSW far south coast. Her earlier seagoing career included time served as Master with Inco Ships P/L and a 2 year diversion working in Chartering Operations with BHP Billiton in Melbourne and The Hauge. Her particular interests in pilotage are training standards, simulator use in training and the development of alternate pathways.