Filled out online application. Got a phone call a week later and scheduled an interview. I was shown a presentation with about 15 other guys looking for jobs as deckhands, welders, and cooks. Three of which left the presentation when they learned that there would be a DOT drug test. We were called back individually after the presentation to answer standard interview questions. They want applicants for deckhand jobs to have previous labor experience. I was given the job, but that merely meant i would go to Paducah, KY for a 5 day orientation and if i successfully complete that then i will go to a boat for a 7 day training period. Both the orientation and the on-board training are paid, but at a lower pay rate than a normal, full-time deckhand. I think about 70% of the guys in orientation made it through.