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Tenderfoot Requirements
The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class
ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be earned in
sequence.
- 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.
- Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout.
Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch.
- 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.
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- Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
- Demonstrate that you know how to tie the following
knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line
hitch.
- 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.
- Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the
American flag.
- Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout
Oath, Law, motto, and slogan.
- Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe
your patrol flag.
- Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.
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- Record your best in the following tests:
| Current results |
_______ |
| Pushups |
_______ |
| Pull-ups |
_______ |
| Sit-ups |
_______ |
| Standing long jump |
___ ft___in |
| 1/4-mile walk/run |
_______ |
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| 30 days later |
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| Pushups |
_______ |
| Pull-ups |
_______ |
| Sit-ups |
_______ |
| Standing long jump |
___ ft___in |
| 1/4-mile walk/run |
_______ |
- Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement
10a after practicing for 30 days.
- Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for
exposure to them.
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- Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is
used.
- Show first aid for the following:
| Simple cuts and scratches |
| Blisters on the hand and foot |
| Minor burns or scalds
(first-degree) |
| Bites or stings of insects and
ticks |
| Poisonous snakebite |
| Nosebleed |
| Frostbite and sunburn |
- Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete your board of review.
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