Kiss Line Kitchen Operator

I recently started a new job with The Hershey Company in Stuarts Draft. While I won't have the opportunity to work on any "projects" in the near future, I am permitted to progress as a production worker and try to obtain a higher skill level. There are six skill levels on the production floor and as your skill level increases, so does your pay. When hired, I was given a skill level two job as a "hand packer". Most new hires are given a skill level of one or two, then after their training period ends, they are given the opportunity to train on a different part of the line to advance their skill level. My training period ended last Friday 5-3-13. I talked to my group leader about my current enrollment in the AHRD program at JMU and asked if there were any openings on our line for higher skill level positions. I explained my belief to him that if a person is going to manage others, he or she is more respected and accepted if they are knowledgeable about the job in which they are managing. I won't say that he agreed with my opinion, but he has agreed to let me begin training sessions as a "kitchen relief operator" which is a skill level four. If a full time kitchen operator position were to come open, and I have completed my training program, I would be given the position along with skill level six pay.