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Tenderfoot Rank and Requirements
The requirements for the Tenderfoot Scout rank were revised effective April
1, 1999.
NOTE: These requirements may be worked on simultaneously with those
for Second Class and First
Class; however, these ranks must be earned in sequence.
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.
3. On the campout, assist in perparing and cooking one
of your patrol's meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member
to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of
eating together.
4. a. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends
of a rope.
b. Demonstrate you know
how to tie the following knots and what their uses are: two half hitches
and the tautline hitch.
5. Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on a highway
and cross-country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you
are lost.
6. Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold
the American flag.
7. Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the
Scout Oath, Law, and slogan.
8. Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe
your patrol flag.
9. Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.
10.
a. Record your best in the
following tests: Pushups, Pull-ups, Sit-ups, Standing long jump, 1/4 mile
run/walk.
b. Show improvement in the
activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days.
11. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure
to them.
12. a. Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is
used.
b. Show first aid for the
following:
Simple cuts and scratches,
Blisters on the hand and foot,
Minor burns or scalds (first degree),
Bites and stings of insects and ticks,
Poisonous snakebite,
Nosebleed,
Frostbite and Sunburn
13. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
14. Complete your board of review.
NOTE: Alternate requirements for the Second Class rank are available
for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities if they meet the criteria
listed on page 6 of the 1995-97 Boy Scout Requirements book. No. 33218
(See article entitled:
Alt. Reqs.for Tenderfoot,
Second Class and First Class Ranks)
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