Tenderfoot Rank Requirements
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 one night on a patrol or troop campout.
Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch.
3.
On the campout, assist in preparing 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.
4a.
Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
4b.
Demonstrate that you know how to tie the following
knots and tell what their uses are : two half hitches and the taut-line
hitch.
5.
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.
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, motto, 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.
10a.
Record your best in the following tests - Push-ups,
Pull-ups, Sit-ups, Standing long jump, 1/4 mile walk/run.
10b.
Do the test again 30 days later, and show improvement.
11.
Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for
exposure to them
12a.
Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is
used.
12b.
Show first aid for the following: Simple cuts and
scratches, Blisters on the hand and foot, Minor burns or scalds (first
degree), Bites of stings of insects and ticks, Poisonous snakebite,
Nosebleed, Frostbite and sunburn.
13.
Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and
Scout Law in your everyday life.
14.
Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
15.
Complete your board of review.
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