Tenderfoot
List of Requirements
- Show what camping gear you will need for overnight, how to pack it and carry it.
- Sleep one night in a tent you have helped pitch.
- Help cook a meal on a camp out and explain why it is important for all patrol members to help.
- Rope use
- Whip and fuse the ends of a rope
- Know how to tie and explain the uses of two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
- Explain the rules of safe hiking (on the highway and cross-country, day and night) and what to do if you get lost.
- Demonstrate hou to display, raise, lower and fold the American flag.
- Know and explain the your own works the Scout Oath, Law, motto and slogan.
- Know your patrol name, flag and yell.
- Explain the use of the buddy system.
- Fitness
- Record your best: push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, standing long jump, 1/4 mile walk/run. Do it again 30 days later.
- Show improvement after practicing for 30 days.
- Identify local poisonous plants and explain how to treat exposure to them.
- First aid
- Demonstrate how to do the Heimlich maneuver and when to use it.
- show first aid for:
- Cuts and scratches
- Blisters on hands and feet
- Minor burns (first degree)
- Bites or stings from insects and ticks
- Venomous snakebite
- Nosebleed
- Frostbite and sunburn
- Demonstrate Scout spirit in your life.
- Scoutmaster Conference.
- Complete your Board of Review.