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If you were to jack Rolls Royce now, and say, get a Mechanic/Tech job somewhere like the BMI hangar at EMA, 3years of working there, would give you plenty of time to sit the exams and sort those, and you'd be in a great position to apply for a license!
You better make it quick as that place will be History in just over a month as another UK Engineering Maintenance Facilities goes down the tubes....