He worked as a wood machinist with Cairns furniture manufacturer A. H. Kent, and later for Queensland Railways, the Department of Works, and Advanx Tyre and Motor Services. He subsequently opened his own business, Tin-Sang and Co, at Edmonton.
He held positions as a wood machinist with A. H. Kent furniture in Cairns, then worked for Queensland Railways, the Department of Public Works, and Advanx Tyre and Motor Services before launching his own company, Tin-Sang and Co, in Edmonton.