Bristow helicopters have been advertising for apprentices recently.
Without wishing to condemn something I know little about the qualifications you mention bare little relation to the working qualifications for maintenance engineers. That is the A and B licenses.
Apprentices at the company I worked for were trained up to A licence standard and then moved on to the B.
Many of us were surprised that the company even bothered with the A and didn't just train them fully to B standard.
If you are looking at non licence qualifications then be sure they will be of some use in obtaining a licence.
Nothing could be worse than spending a lot of time and money only to be told the qualification carries little weight in the real world.
If you can get an apprenticeship with a major operator that would be the best way forward.
I suggest you read the ELGD (engineers licence guidance document) issued by the CAA. At the moment this is withdrawn for ammendment but you can still find it on Google.
Its heavy going but gives the criteria for obtaining a licence.
I think you will need to do a lot more research before committing yourself.
Last edited by ericferret; 10th Jun 2012 at 21:56.