Originally Posted by
HOVIS
The Technician grade is a legacy from an older grading system before the term 'Mechanic' became standard. However, within BA there are 'A' licenced Technicians and also 'B1' Licenced Technicians. Or at least, there used to be before I left, Generally, 'B1' Technicians are paid a lower wage than LAEs because they only certify their own work and do not lead a team or supervise others.
Yes, sorry, forgot to include B1 Licenced Technicians, as it was only re-introduced in recent years [it was a grade that was in use years ago at BA as a 'CLT' Certifying Lead Tradesman, that were full licence without type holders [equivalent to a B licence today] and could sign off their own work but did not lead a team. They did away with it [unwisely in my opinion] as it was always a good step, so that when you first became a full licence holder you were not expected to jump straight into a grade that meant leading a team as well as taking on all the responsibilities of having a full licence. As
HOVIS stated it was re-introduced so that step is back again.