Requirements January 1982 until January 1990

1. Be active in your troop and patrol for at least 2 months as a Second Class

2. Show Scout spirit.

3. Earn Camping, Cooking, and one other skill award (so that you have eight in all).

4. Earn First Aid merit badge.

5. Swimming. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim. Jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth. Swim 50m (or 50yd.). During the swim, stop, make a sharp turn, level off, and resume swimming.*

6. Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.

*This requirement may be waived by the troop committee for medical or safety reasons.

Requirements January 1990 until January 1998

1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.

2. Using a compass, complete 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

1. from a smoke-filled room
2. with a broken leg, for at least 25 yards

8d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the step (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*

10. Show Scout spirit.

11. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

*This requirement may be waived by the troop committee for medical or safety reasons.

Requirements January 1998 until April 1999

1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.

2. Using a compass, complete 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

1. from a smoke-filled room
2. with a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards

8d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the step (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*

10. Show Scout spirit.

11. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

12. Complete your board of review.

*This requirement may be waived by the troop committee for medical or safety reasons.

Requirements April 1999 until January 2006

1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.

2. Using a compass, complete 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.

4a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner, and that requires cooking at least two of the meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs.

4b. Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and serve these meals.

4c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals.

4d. Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, can, plastic containers, and other rubbish.

4e. On one campout, serve as your patrol’s cook. Supervise your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned in requirement 4a. 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. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings.

7b. 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.

7c. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.

8a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used.

8b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle  and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.

8c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person

1. from a smoke-filled room
2. with a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards

8d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the step (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

9a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.

9b. Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.

9c. With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.)

10. Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.

11. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

12. Complete your board of review.