Scout Rank

1. Learn what a Scout says, and what it means Requirement

Six pieces of it, and every one asks you to explain as well as recite. They need no daylight, no gear and no campout, which makes them the part of this rank you can work on anywhere.

Every requirement for this rank must be completed as a member of a troop. Work done before joining does not count towards the rank. The one exception is printed on the sheet: a Scout who completed these requirements as part of the Webelos Scouting Adventure demonstrates the knowledge or skill to the Scoutmaster or another designated leader after joining, rather than doing it again.

6 parts

• 1a. The Scout Oath, Law, motto and slogan
• 1b. What Scout spirit is, and how you have shown it
• 1c. The sign, the salute and the handshake
• 1d. The First Class Scout badge, part by part
• 1e. The Outdoor Code and the seven Leave No Trace principles Often forgotten
• 1f. The Pledge of Allegiance

2. Go to a troop meeting first, then learn how a troop works Requirement

The four parts of this requirement come after attending at least one troop meeting. Sitting through one is the point: the answers are easier to give once you have watched it happen.

4 parts

• 2a. How the Scouts in the troop lead it
• 2b. The four steps of Scout advancement
• 2c. What the ranks are and how they are earned
• 2d. What merit badges are and how they are earned

3. The patrol method, and your own patrol Requirement

Two parts, and both are about the patrol you are actually in rather than patrols in general.

2 parts

• 3a. Explain the patrol method
• 3b. Your patrol's name, emblem, flag and yell

4. Three knots, and how to look after a rope Requirement

The first practical skill on the ladder. Tenderfoot then asks you to use these same three knots for something real.

2 parts

• 4a. Square knot, two half-hitches, taut-line hitch
• 4b. Whipping and fusing a rope's ends

5. Using a pocketknife safely and responsibly Task

Tell what you need to know. Second Class requirement 2b then has you use one to prepare tinder and kindling for a fire.

6. Personal safety, with your parent or guardian Often forgotten Requirement

Both parts are done with a parent or guardian rather than with the troop, and this is the requirement most often left until last because of it.

2 parts

• 6a. The pamphlet exercises, with your parent or guardian Often forgotten
• 6b. The Personal Safety Awareness videos Often forgotten

7. Scoutmaster conference Often forgotten Milestone

Since joining the troop and while working on this rank. It is the last step of the Scout rank, and Tenderfoot requirement 10 asks for its own conference only after this one is done.

Tenderfoot requirement 10 asks for a Scoutmaster conference AFTER completing Scout rank requirement 7. The two conferences are separate events and the Tenderfoot one cannot be backdated to cover both, which is what makes leaving this requirement late expensive rather than merely untidy.

The rank is earned, and there is no board of review Milestone

The Scout rank is complete when requirement 7, the Scoutmaster conference, is done. Alone among the ranks on this ladder it has no board of review. The next rank's conference must come after this one.

Usually comes after 7. Scoutmaster conference.

Rank requirements are republished yearly. Guide to Advancement 4.0.0.1 states that once a new or revised requirement appears on the program web page, a Scout beginning work on the next rank uses it as stated there. This page records the date its copy was read. Check it against the official page before relying on it.