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| 1. | Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass. (12th Edition book, Pages 368–371) |
| 2. | Using a map and compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.). (12th Edition book, Pages 346–351, 372–374) |
| 3. | Since joining, have participated in 10 separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping overnight. Demonstrate the principles of Leave No Trace on these outings. (12th Edition book, Pages 247–256) |
| 4a. | Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner, and that requires cooking at least two of the meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs. (12th Edition book, Pages 102–105, 316–317, 320) |
| 4b. | Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and secure the ingredients. (12th Edition book, Pages 321–323) |
| 4c. | Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals. (12th Edition book, Page 324) |
| 4d. | Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic containers, and other rubbish. (12th Edition book, Pages 328–329) |
| 4e. | On one campout, serve as your patrol’s cook. Supervise your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned in requirement 4a. Lead your patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise cleanup. (12th Edition book, Pages 325–327, 342) |
| 5. | Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader (elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, teacher) your constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S. citizen. (12th Edition book, Pages 70–72, 81–82) |
| 6. | Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your community. (12th Edition book, Pages 212, 215) |
| 7a. | Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. Then demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use insquare, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together. (12th Edition book, Pages 386–387, 392–398) |
| 7b. | Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget. (12th Edition book, Pages 392–401) |
| 8a. | Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used. (12th Edition book, Pages 388–389) |
| 8b. | Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone. (12th Edition book, Pages 155, 157–161) |
| 8c. | Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person • From a smoke-filled room • With a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards (12th Edition book, Pages 154, 172–175) |
| 8d. | Tell the five most common signals of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). (12th Edition book, Pages 164–166) |
| 9a. | Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat. (12th Edition book, Pages 194–195) |
| 9b. | Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.* (12th Edition book, Pages 190–191) |
| 9c. | With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.) (12th Edition book, Page 199) |
| 10. | Tell someone who is eligible to join Boy Scouts, or an inactive Boy Scout, about your troop’s activities. Invite him to a troop outing, activity, service project, or meeting. Tell him how to join, or encourage the inactive Boy Scout to become active. (12th Edition book, Page 17) |
| 11. | Describe the three things you should avoid doing related to use of the Internet. Describe a cyberbully and how you should respond to one. (12th Edition book, Page 51, 61) |
| 12. | Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. Discuss four specific examples (different from those used for Tenderfoot requirement 13 and Second Class requirement 11) of how you have lived the points of the Scout Law in your daily life. (12th Edition book, Page 30) |
| 13. | Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. (12th Edition book, Page 34) |
| 14. | Complete your board of review. (12th Edition book, Page 55) |
Notes
- Alternate requirements for the First Class rank are available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities - click here to learn more.
- The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be earned in sequence.
Online Resources
- A series of videos that demonstrate how to meet all of the requirements for the First Class rank is available on the BSA Web site here.
