Tenderfoot Rank Requirements Click here for Tenderfoot rank board of review sample questions These requirements were revised effective with the third Printing of the 11th Edition of the Boy Scout Handbook. NOTE: These requirements may be worked on simultaneously with those for Second Class and First Class; however these ranks must be earned in sequence. 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. 4.a. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope. 4.b. Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the tautline 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. 10.a. Record your best in the following tests: Push-ups Pull-ups Sit-ups Standing long jump 1/4 mile walk/run 10.b. Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days. 11. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them. 12.a. Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used. 12.b. Show first aid for the following: Simple cuts and scratches Blisters on the hand and foot Minor burns or scalds (first degree) Bites and stings of insects and ticks Poisonous snakebite Nosebleed Frostbite and Sunburn 13. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. 14. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. 15. Complete your board of review NOTE: Alternate Requirements for the Tenderfoot rank are available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities if they meet the criteria listed in the Boy Scout Requirements book. (No. 33215C) Please note that Requirement 15 - (Complete your Board of Review) MAY be done AFTER the Scout' has reached age 18. All other requirements must be completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday. Tenderfoot Rank Board of Review Sample Questions This is the Scout's first experience with a Board of Review. The process may require some explanation on the part of the Board of Review Chairperson. The first few questions in the Board of Review should be simple. The Board of Review should try to gain a sense of how the Scout is fitting in to the Troop, and the Scout's level of enjoyment of the Troop and Patrol activities. Encourage advancement to 2nd Class. Point out that the Scout may have already completed many of the requirements for 2nd Class. The approximate time for this Board of Review should be 15-20 minutes. Sample Questions: 1.When did you join our Troop? 2.How many Troop meetings have you attended in the last two months? 3.What did you do at your last patrol meeting? 4.Tell us about your last Troop campout. 5.How would the first aid skills you must know for Tenderfoot help on a campout? 6.Where did you learn how to fold the American flag? Tell us about your first experience with this skill. 7.How would you avoid poison oak (poison ivy, sumac)? 8.Where did you go on your hike? How did you choose the location? 9.If you were on a hike and got lost, what would you do? 10.Why do we whip or fuse the ends of a rope? 11.What is the "Buddy System" that we use in Scouting? When do we use it? 12.Why do you think there are physical fitness requirements (push-ups, pull-ups, etc.), and a retest after 30 days, for the Tenderfoot rank? 13.What does it mean to a Tenderfoot Scout to "Be Prepared"? 14.Do you feel that you have done your best to complete the requirements for Tenderfoot? Why? 15.What "good turn" have you done today? 16.Please give us an example of how you obey the Scout Law at home (school, church)? 17.What do you like best about our Troop? 18.What does it mean for a Scout to be "Kind"? 19.Do you have any special plans for this summer? The Holidays? 20.When do you plan to have the requirements completed for 2nd Class?