I have to agree with Wiggy if your any good at this job flashing the spanner's as some of my colleagues would say. Then you won't make management or even parts department, my earlier company where I did my training thought when I wanted to move onto some other department that they would put in charge of the pump room and auto electric department fine but that's still keeping you on the tools and no pay rise.time for a change of venue. I did get a job with an auto elec and fuel injection company more money and in charge of my own department and two apprentices to look after quite satisfying.
Inflation got the better of my pay packet. Time to move on I got a job with a forklift manufacturer as a field service engineer.
What a fantastic job twice the pay swanning around fixixig fork lifts.
Some days where hard some days where easy. Some days where horrible working in hide and skin yards and abattoirs, but the job had a lot of freedom being your own boss, not like today with spy in the cab and any management jobs where never offered to field engineers but my advice to any engineer is get out of this profession by the time your 40 before ties you in till your 65 or breaks you, and probably will for the chances are you will suffer in your retirement years

Regards Nero