I agree with James!
although I have been made P/T II by my former company, I always introduce myself as a trainee.
Why? because I am… I only have been in the game for 11 months and there is so much more to learn. When I say I am grade II, at first there is an expectation of knowing what a grade II should know and secondly it doesn´t piss off the rest of the crew and/ or client so much because you can´t find the target on sonar anymore.
TD