yeah I was talking from a GA point of view, mis-read 1.3 as B3.. Lad wants to be a rotary loony, so experience is going to be very difficult to get anyway - normal airliner stuff or GA won't count
B1/B3 for GA is a little weird because there are no types, just blocks of aircraft material... you can still end up with limitations on your licence dependent on whether you manage to work on wooden aircraft during your mechanic days.
100% agree on as much variation in the tasks as possible.