First Class Skills

• Describe Scout badge (pg. 10)

  • Three points

  • Eagle and shield

  • Two stars

  • Shape

  • Scroll

  • Knot

• Whip/fuse ends of rope (pg. 34)

• Hiking rules (pgs. 38-39)

• Flag care (pgs. 42-44)

  • Raising/lowering

  • Folding

  • Etiquette

• Buddy system (pg. 57)

• Heimlich maneuver (pgs. 296-297)

• Identify poisonous plants and treatment for contact (pg. 59)

• Food safety

  • Handling food

  • Transporting food

• Basic first aid (pgs. 291-293)

  • Assess situation

  • Check for breathing/pulse

  • Stop bleeding

  • Go for help

  • Treat for shock

• Use/care knife, saw, ax (pgs. 77-85)

  • Handling

  • Sharpening

  • How do you establish a wood yard

• Compass (pgs. 66-74)

  • How to orient a map

  • Explain map symbols

  • How to take a bearing

  • How to follow a bearing

• Fire Building (pgs. 248-252)

  • Differences between tinder, kindling, fuelwood

  • Types of fire lays - teepee, log cabin, lean to

  • Safety rules - Rule of 10

• Lashing (pgs. 138-148)

  • Types - square, diagonal, shear, round, tripod

  • Starting knots/finishing knots

  • When do you use different types

• Knots

  • Square (pg. 8)

  • Bowline (pg. 149)

  • Sheet bend (pg. 150)

  • Taut line hitch (pg. 37)

  • Clove hitch (pg. 139)

  • Timber hitch (pg. 138)

  • Two half hitches (pg. 36)

• Measurements (pgs. 122-125)

  • Heights

  • Widths

Updated: 10-1-02