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Category B

The licence is issued after passing all the appropriate modules and obtaining the appropriate experience. Allows the engineer to sign the Certificate of Release to Service for the aircraft in the category for which he/she is licensed.

Experience required (gained within the 10 years preceding application):

B1.1 Turbine Engined Aeroplanes 5 years maximum
B1.2 Piston Engined Aeroplanes 3 years maximum
B1.3 Turbine Engined Helicopters 5 years maximum
B1.4 Piston Engined Helicopters 3 years maximum
B2 Avionic 5 years maximum
B3 Aircraft below 2,000kg mass 3 years maximum
At least 1 year of the experience shall be recent experience gained on aircraft type for which application is to be made.

Experience requirements stated above are based on no previous qualifying technical training or approved courses passed. If you have technical qualifications and/or passed an approved course then you may be eligible for a reduced experience requirement – in this case you should apply to the CAA for details/check their website. The experience requirement is based on appropriate maintenance engineering on operating aircraft. For UK service personnel with qualifying service experience this may count for all of the experience requirement except for 1 year – this will have to be gained on civil aircraft (all recorded in the log book of course).

Category C

Requires 3 years experience as a B1.1, B1.3, or B2 engineer or 5 years as a B1.2 or B1.4 engineer