Once you complete the Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (AME) B1.3 Stream, you can step into a range of jobs in the aviation industry. This stream prepares you especially for turbine engine helicopters, so you become qualified to work on helicopters with jet engines.
Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME): As a licensed AME you inspect maintain repair and certify helicopters. You ensure mechanical systemsengines rotor systems hydraulics and airframes are safe and air worthy before flight.
Line Maintenance / Base Maintenance Engineer: You can work with airlines or helicopter operators doing routine or heavy maintenance checking aircraft between flights (line maintenance), or doing scheduled inspections and overhauls (base maintenance).
MRO (Maintenance Repair & Overhaul) Organisation Engineer: Many maintenance facilities and MRO companies hire AME-B1.3 professionals to handle repairs periodic maintenance structural inspections and system checks for helicopters.
Quality Control / Safety Inspector: You can take roles ensuring that maintenance work meets safety and regulatory standards. This includes inspecting parts, certifying repairs, checking documentation, and ensuring compliance.
Work in Aircraft Manufacturing or Part-Manufacturing Companies: Some graduates work in firms that build aircraft or aircraft components assembling parts, doing testing, or quality assurance.
Technical Support / Maintenance Planning Engineer / Technical Instructor: After gaining experience, you can also work off field planning maintenance schedules giving technical support, or becoming an instructor/trainer for new AME students.
Defense & Government Aviation Roles: With the right license and sometimes additional requirements, AME B1.3 holders can join defence aviation, government aviation agencies, or other public-sector aviation jobs where helicopter maintenance is needed.
The demand for skilled AME professionals is rising fast. As more helicopters are used in civil corporate, and defense sectors and as aviation grows in India and abroad there is a big need for trained B1.3 engineers. Also because B1.3 is a licensed specialization under regulatory standards employers often prefer certified engineers this gives you a stable respected and often well paid career path.