Sunfish. If you are thinking about getting an engineers license, take a look at the latest issue of the Aviation Advertiser. Seems that you don't need to go down that route of studying for all those subjects, and you apparently won't need to bother with that annoying time-wasting practical experience. It seems that all you will need is to have a private pilot's license and then ask CASA for a Maintenance Authority. There's a guy in the Advertiser article who owns and flies a twin-engine helicopter and was given a Maintenance Authority to maintain his helicopter, airframe, engines and apparently E.I.R as well.
CASA realised their mistake when the guy tried for a renew of the Authority and refused to re-issue it. It only took the guy a quick trip to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (or something like that) and Hey Presto! we no longer need to be LAME to carry out and certify aircraft maintenance.
My neighbour (who dosen't fly but can recognise an aircraft) is thinking of trying CASA for a similar sort of approval so that he can buy a Cessna 402 and go flying. Like the guy in the Advertiser article, he doesn't have any "legal" flight experience but, there is now a precedent.
WTF is happening within CASA for this kind of BS to be happening?