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| 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. (12th Edition book, Pages 292–293, 297–298) |
| 2. | Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch. (12th Edition book, Page 302) |
| 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. (12th Edition book, Pages 327, 329–339) |
| 4a. | Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope. (12th Edition book, Pages 380–381) |
| 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. (12th Edition book, Pages 384–385) |
| 4c. | Using the EDGE method, teach another person how to tie the square knot. (12th Edition book, Page 53) |
| 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. (12th Edition book, Pages 279, 282–283) |
| 6. | Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag. (12th Edition book, Pages 72–76) |
| 7. | Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto, and slogan. (12th Edition book, Pages 22–27) |
| 8. | Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flag. (12th Edition book, Page 38) |
| 9. | Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to one. (12th Edition book, Pages 39, 62) |
| 10a. | Record your best in the following tests (12th Edition book, Pages 96–99): Current results Push-ups ________ Pull-ups ________ Sit-ups ________ Standing long jump (______ ft. ______ in.) 1⁄4-mile walk/run _____________ 30 days later Push-ups ________ Pull-ups ________ Sit-ups ________ Standing long jump (______ ft. ______ in.) 1⁄4-mile walk/run _____________ |
| 10b. | Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days. (12th Edition book, Pages 96–99) |
| 11. | Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them. (12th Edition book, Pages 138–139) |
| 12a. | Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking. (12th Edition book, Pages 134–135) |
| 12b. | Show first aid for the following: • Simple cuts and scrapes (12th Edition book, Page 136) • Blisters on the hand and foot (12th Edition book, Page 137) • Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first-degree) (12th Edition book, Page 148) • Bites or stings of insects and ticks (12th Edition book, Pages 142–143) • Venomous snakebite (12th Edition book, Pages 141–142) • Nosebleed (12th Edition book, Page 138) • Frostbite and sunburn (12th Edition book, Pages 150, 152) |
| 13. | Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. Discuss four specific examples of how you have lived the points of the Scout Law in your daily life. (12th Edition book, Page 30) |
| 14. | Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. (12th Edition book, Page 34) |
| 15. | Complete your board of review. (12th Edition book, Page 55) |
Notes
- Alternate requirements for the Tenderfoot rank are available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities - click here.
- 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 Tenderfoot rank is available on the BSA Web site here.
