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Rank Requirements
The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks may be
worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be earned in sequence.
TENDERFOOT RANK REQUIREMENTS
1. |
Present yourself to your leader, properly
dressed, before going on an overnight camping trip. Show the camping
gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it. |
2. |
Spend at least 1 night on a patrol or troop
campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch on a ground bed you have
prepared. |
3a. |
Demonstrate how to whip
and fuse the ends of a rope. |
3b. |
Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and
tell what their uses are: two
half hitches and a tautline
hitch. |
4. |
Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and
crosscountry, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are
lost. |
5. |
Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the
American flag. |
6. |
Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout
Oath, Law, motto, and slogan. |
7. |
Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe
your patrol flag. |
8. |
Explay why we use the buddy system in Scouting. |
9a. |
Record your best in the following tests: |
Pushups ___________ |
Pullups _____________________ |
Situps ___________ |
Standing Long Jump _______ft. _______ in. |
Run/walk 500 yards ____________ |
9b. |
Show improvement in the activities listed above after
practicing for 30 days. |
10. |
Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for
exposure to them. |
11a. |
Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is
used. |
11b. |
Show first aid for the following:
- Simple cuts and scratches
- Blisters on the hand and foot
- Minor burns or scalds (first degree)
- Bites or stings of insects and ticks
- Poisonous snakebite
- Nosebleed
- Frostbite and sunburn
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12. |
Participate
in a Scoutmaster conference. |
NOTE: Alternate requirements for the Tenderfoot rank are available for Scouts
with physical or mental disabilities if they meet certain
criteria.
SECOND CLASS RANK REQUIREMENTS
1a. |
Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what
map symbols mean. |
1b. |
Using a compass and a map you've drawn, take a 5-mile hike (or 10
miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or
guardian.1 |
2a. |
Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol
activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included
camping overnight. |
2b. |
On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of knife,
saw, and ax. |
2c. |
Use the tools listed above to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a
cooking fire. |
2d. |
Light the cooking fire. Assist with the meal preparation and cleanup. |
2e. |
On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent
that you pitched. |
3. |
Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution,
chartered organization, community, or troop activity. |
4. |
Participate in an approved (minimum of 1 hour) service project. |
5. |
Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild animals (birds,
mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community. |
6a. |
Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing,
serious bleeding, and internal poisoning. |
6b. |
Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike. |
6c. |
Demonstrate first aid for the following:
- Object in the eye
- Bite of a suspected rabid animal
- Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fish hook
- Serious burns (second degree)
- Heat exhaustion
- Shock
- Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation
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7. |
Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. Demonstrate your
ability to swim 50 yards using two different strokes.2 |
8. |
Participate in a school, community, or troop program on the dangers of
using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and other practices that could be
harmful to your health. Discuss your participation in the program with
your family. |
9. |
Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life. |
10. |
Participate
in a Scoutmaster conference. |
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If you are using a wheelchair or crutches, or if it is difficult for you to get
around, you may substitute "trip" for "hike" in requirement
1b.
2
This requirement may be waived by the troop committee for medical or safety
reasons.
NOTE: Alternate requirements for the Second Class rank are
available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities if they meet certain
criteria.
FIRST CLASS RANK REQUIREMENTS
1. |
Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without
using a compass. |
2. |
Using a compass, compete an orienteering course that covers at least 1
mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items
(tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.). |
3. |
Since joining, have participated in ten separate troop/patrol
activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included
camping overnight. |
4. |
On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Prepare a breakfast,
lunch, and dinner menu that requires cooking; secure ingredients;
supervise your assistants in fire building; and prepare the meals. Lead
your patrol in saying grace at the meals, and supervise cleanup. |
5. |
Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader
(elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, teacher)
your constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S. citizen. |
6. |
Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found
in your community. |
7a. |
Demonstrate tying the timber
hitch and clove
hitch and their use in square,
shear, and diagonal
lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together. |
7b. |
Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget. |
8a. |
Demonstrate tying the bowline
(rescue) knot and how it's used in rescues. |
8b. |
Demonstrate bandages for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and
collarbone, and for a sprained ankle. |
8c. |
Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a
person:
- from a smoke-filled room
- with a broken leg, for at least 25 yards
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8d. |
Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps
(procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). |
9. |
Demonstrate your ability to swim 100 yards using one resting stroke
and two other strokes, and to float (rest) as motionless as possible for
1 minute.3 |
10. |
Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life.. |
11. |
Participate
in a Scoutmaster conference. |
3This
requirement may be waived by the troop committee for medical or safety reasons.
NOTE: Alternate requirements for the First Class rank are
available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities if they meet certain
criteria.
STAR RANK REQUIREMENTS
1. |
Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 4 months as a First
Class Scout. |
2. |
Demonstrate Scout Spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life.. |
3. |
Earn six merit badges, including four from the required list for
Eagle.4 |
4. |
While a First Class Scout, take part in service projects totaling at
least 6 hours of work. These projects must be
approved by your Scoutmaster. |
5. |
While a First Class Scout, serve actively 4 months in one or more of
the following positions of responsibility (or carry out a
Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop): patrol
leader, senior patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, den chief,
scribe, librarian, historian, quartermaster, bugler, chaplain aide,
instructor, junior assistant Scoutmaster, troop guide, Venture crew
chief, or Varsity team captain. |
6. |
Take part in a Scoutmaster conference. |
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The required list for Eagle has 15 merit badges in 12
categories. Any of the 15 may be used for this requirement.
LIFE RANK REQUIREMENTS
1. |
Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 6 months as a Star
Scout. |
2. |
Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life. |
3. |
Earn five more merit badges (so that you have 11 in all), including
any three more from the required list for Eagle.5 |
4. |
While a Star Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least 6
hours of work. These projects must be approved by your Scoutmaster. |
5. |
While a Star Scout, serve actively for 6 months in one or more of the
positions of responsibility listed in requirement 5 for for Star Scout
(or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the
troop). |
6. |
Take part in a Scoutmaster conference. |
5 The
required list for Eagle has 15 merit badges in 12 categories. Any of the 15 may
be used for this requirement.
EAGLE
1. |
Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 6 months as a Life
Scout. |
2. |
Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life. |
3. |
Earn a total of 21 merit badges (10 more than you already have),
including the following:
- (a) First Aid,
- (b) Citizenship
in the Community,
- (c) Citizenship in
the Nation,
- (d) Citizenship in
the World,
- (e) Communications,
- (f) Safety,
- (g) 6Emergency
Preparedness -OR- Lifesaving,
- (h) Environmental
Science,
- (i) Personal
Management,
- (j) 6Personal
Fitness -OR- Swimming
-OR- Sports,
- (k) Camping
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4. |
While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of 6 months in one or
more more of the following troop positions of responsibility: assistant
senior patrol leader, chaplain aide, den chief, instructor, junior
assistant Scoutmaster, librarian, patrol leader, quartermaster, scribe,
senior patrol leader, troop guide, Venture crew chief, or Varsity team
captain. |
5. |
While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a
service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or
your community. The project idea must be approved by your Scoutmaster
and troop committee and approved the the council or district before you
start. You must use the Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook,
No. 18-927, in meeting this requirement. |
6. |
Take part in a Scoutmaster conference. |
NOTE: If you have a permanent physical or mental disability
you may become an Eagle Scout by qualifying for as many required merit badges as
you can and qualifying for alternate merit badges for the rest. If you seek to
become an Eagle under this procedure, you must submit a special application to
your council service center. Your application must be approved by your council
committee for advancement BEFORE YOU CAN WORK ON ALTERNATE MERIT BADGES.
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You must choose only one merit badge listed in items g and j. If you have earned
more than one on the badges listed in items g and j, choose one and list the
remaining badges to make your total of 21.
EAGLE PALMS
After becoming an Eagle Scout, you may earn palms by completing the following
requirements:
1. |
Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 3 months after
becoming an Eagle Scout or after award of last palm. |
2. |
Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life. |
3. |
Make a satisfactory effort to develop and demonstrate leadership
ability. |
4. |
Earn five additional merit badges beyond those required for Eagle or
last palm.7 |
5. |
Take part in a Scoutmaster conference. |
You may wear only the proper combination of palms for the
number of merit badges you earned beyond the rank of Eagle. The Bronze Palm
represents five merit badges, the Gold Palm 10, and the Silver Palm 15.
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Merit badges earned any time since becoming a Boy Scout may be used to meet this
requirement.
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