Pat specialises in Residential Sales, Commercial Leasing and Sales, Rural, Residential and Commercial Project Management. Pat is a licensed Real Estate Agent & General Auctioneer and an Australian Institute of Management, state finalist for Business/ Owner Manager in 2001.

He commenced selling residential property in Rockhampton in 1979, completed his General Auctioneer Licence in 1984 and Real Estate Agents License in 1985. In 1986 he commenced business as Pat O’Driscoll Real Estate with a staff of 2.

In 2010 Pat also opened a Knight Frank Commercial franchise and in 2020 secured the Knight Frank Agribusiness franchise for Queensland.

The business now operates with a staff of 35 from Level 2/102 Bolsover St Rockhampton. He is a member of the Advance Rockhampton Board and various other boards and committees. He is involved in sponsorships with a number of sporting groups and charities throughout the Central Queensland Region, and for over 30 years has conducted charity auctions for various causes with in excess of $6 million being raised.