How to Earn the Rank of
Tenderfoot Scout
Pages 32-33, 438-439 of
the Boy Scout Handbook
- 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.
- Spend at least 1
night on a patrol or troop camp out. Sleep in a tent you have pitched
on a ground bed you have prepared.
- Demonstrate the
following:
- How to whip and
fuse the ends of a rope.
- Tying two half
hitches and a tautline hitch.
- Explain the rules
of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross
country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are
lost.
- Demonstrate how
to display, raise, lower and fold the American flag.
- Repeat from
memory and explain in your own words:
- Know your patrol
name, give the patrol yell and describe the patrol flag.
- Explain why we
use the buddy system in scouting.
- Record your best
in the following tests:
- Push-ups
- Pull-ups
- Sit-ups
- Standing long
jump
- Run/walk 500
yards
- After 30 Days
show imporvement in the above tests.
- Identify local
poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.
- Demonstrate the
Heimlich manuever and tell when it is used.
- Show first aid
for the following:
- Simple cuts and
scratches
- Blisters on the
hand and foot
- Minor burns and
scalds (first degree)
- Bites or stings
of insects and ticks
- Poisinous
snakebite
- Nosebleed
- Frostbite and
sunburn
- Participate in a
Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete the
board of review.