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Requirement

7.0.4.7. The Scout must NOT be retested

Required Often forgotten

Stated plainly and it governs the whole conversation. What may be established is whether the Scout attended and actually and personally fulfilled the requirements, not whether they can perform them again now.

Notes and warnings

Warning. The single most commonly broken rule in this procedure. Asking a Scout to demonstrate the skill again is retesting, however it is framed. The permitted questions are about what happened at the class, not about what the Scout can do now.

Where this step comes from

  1. Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 7.0.4.7 · The Scout must not be retested on the requirements.