I have my own special classification schedule that I got from watching Deadliest Catch on Discovery.
Newbie - Somewhere between applying for their commission and their 2nd loan. Wide eyed, anticipating the glory of becoming a prestigious Alaskan King Crab Fisherman aka. NSA.
Greenhorn - Somewhere between 2 and 200 loans. They get the crap jobs, no respect from the deckhands, they are berated by the deckboss and they are ignored completely by the captain. They are the hardest working and have to gut the fish, bait the pots, clean the deck and maybe... just maybe they will start to earn a small percentage. This is not to say that we all don't work hard on the boat but hopefully, with experiece comes smooth sailing. (There is no more racing to the manual every five seconds to verify or staring at the wording on something going... WAIT... WHAT?)
Deckhand - Somewhere between 200-1000 loans. You have earned your spurs and do a good job. Mistakes are rare and you know how to hang on to the boat when it rolls and can get into your survival suit in less than 50 seconds. Your percentage is getting bigger and you are seeing the payday.
Deckboss- 1000-3000 loans. You are seeing the fruits of your labors. Your percentage is bigger and even the captains of the other boats give you respect. You have disdain for the greenhorn with an attitude, unspoken respect for a greenhorn with goals and gumption and you only hazily remember... somewhere in the back of your mind what it was like to be a sweet newbie.
Captain- 3000+ You are in the money. All the time you spent of mapping the ocean floor and sinking your pots deep is paying off. Others depend on your expertise and your reputation precedes you. You look back at the end of a season at the crab in your hold and say... Ah yes, I am good at what I do!
Alaskan Fish and Game=Signing Services They come in and spoil it all. They change the rules of the game to get themselves a peice of the pot and instead of being useful they say... 'I don't have copies of those docs so I better call so-and-so to check on that... better yet, here's the number why don't you call them so I can go back to my show.' Yes, it is nice to see money well earned.
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