Rick,
As you feel that this job is "fairly basic" i'm sure you will be happy on AFC Band 1.
Most of the time it is "repairng user abuse" and " following simple instructions to check performance" but what about when it all goes wrong It takes skilled, knowledgable and intelligent technicians to put it right.
A colleague attended a symposium recently and after a "robust" discussion with a representative from the IPEM about qualifications, he managed to extract (grudgingly) that some C&G, HNC/HND qualifications gained years ago are possibly superior to some of the degree's now being awarded.
If you are doing the job, remember that you must already have the skills, knowledge and experience to fulfil the stated requirements in your job description wether its BEng, Meng or PHd!
