Outdoor Leader Skills Personal Record and Sign-Off

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1 Northeast Illinois Council Boy Scouts of America Outdoor Leader Skills Personal Record and Sign-Off Name: Council: District: Troop/Team/Crew Number: Current Scouting Position: Course date: Location: Approvals Training Course Chair Council Training Chair Course Date Course Location

2 Northeast Illinois Council Boy Scouts of America Outdoor Leader Skills Learning Objectives Test Guide References: First reference is the rank requirement (T Tenderfoot, S Second Class, F First Class) and requirement number itself. Page references are to the 12 th Edition Boy Scout Handbook SESSION 1 90 Minutes Approval 1. Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch. [T2] (302) a. TEST Describe how to properly set up a tent that you would use on a troop campout and make it secure for weather. 2. On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you have pitched. [S3b] (249, ) a. TEST Describe how to select a camp site and what to check for safety and weather.. 3. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope. [T4a] ( ) a. TEST Whip a natural fiber rope with whipping twine or dental floss, show the loop whipping method. Fuse a synthetic rope s end(s) with a lit candle or lighter. 4. Demonstrate that you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch. [T4b] ( ) 5. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. [F7a] ( ) 6. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget. [F7b] ( ) a. TEST List 2-3 useful camp gadgets. Describe how you would use lashings to make one camp gadget.

3 7. Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together. [F7a] ( , ) a. TEST Tie the timber hitch and then the clove hitch. Then as a team (1-3 people) tie an A-frame (travois) using two square lashings at the bottom two angles and a diagonal lashing at the top (point of the A ). 8. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used. [F8a] ( ) 9. Demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used. [S3c] ( ) a. TEST actually show how to properly sharpen an ax or hatchet with a bastard file including how to secure it preparatory to sharpening. Actually show how to sharpen a pocket knife using a sharpening stone. 10. Use the knife, saw, and ax to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire. [S3d] ( ) a. TEST - Discuss how the knife, saw, and ax are used to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire. 11. Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both. [S3e] (325) 12. In an approved place and at an approved time, demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove. [S3f] ( ) a. TEST actually light a lightweight (backpacking) stove out of doors. Show how to properly care for it while lighting it and then running it (briefly). Properly turn it off and tell how to stow it when it would be cool enough to do so.

4 SESSION 2 45 Minutes 13. On a 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. [T3] (327, ) a. TEST Describe how, on a campout, you would assist in preparing and cooking one of your patrol's meals. b. TEST - Prepare a typical Duty Roster. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation, cooking, and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together. 14. On one campout, plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself, selecting foods from each group in the food pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, and prepare the foods you selected. [S3g] (102, 316, , 326, 329, 339) a. TEST Describe how, on one campout, you would plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself, selecting foods from each group in the food pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, and prepare the foods you selected. 15. 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 foods from each group in the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs. [F4a] ( , , 320) a. TEST Actually plan and write down a patrol menu for a 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 foods from each group in the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs. 16. 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. [F4b] ( ) a. TEST - Using the menu planned above, make a listing of ingredients showing the cost and food/ ingredient amounts needed to feed a patrol of eight boys. 17. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals. [F4c] (324) 18. 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. [F4d] ( )

5 19. 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. [F4e] ( ,342) a. TEST Tell what you would do to serve as your patrol's cook and specifically what you would do. Tell how you would supervise your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Tell how you would prepare the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned above. Tell why it is important to lead your patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise cleanup.

6 SESSION 3 45 Minutes 20. Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking. [T12a] ( ) a. TEST show the initial steps to check for and care for a chocking victim, and then properly demonstrate the position required for an abdominal thrust maneuver and how it would be done (without applying force). 21. Show first aid for the following: [T12b] a. TEST discuss for all of the following: i. Simple cuts and scratches (136) ii. Blisters on the hand and foot (137) iii. Minor (thermal/ heat) burns or scalds (superficial or first-degree) (148) iv. Bites or stings of insects and ticks ( ) v. Venomous snakebite ( ) vi. Nosebleed (138) vii. Frostbite and sunburn (150,152) 22. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and ingested poisoning. [S7a] ( ) 23. Prepare a personal first-aid kit to take with you on a hike. [S7b] (127) a. TEST describe what items would constitute a good personal first aid kit, why they are included, and how you would bring the kit along on outdoor activities.

7 24. Demonstrate first aid for the following: [S7c] a. TEST discuss for all of the following: i. Object in the eye (145) ii. Bite of a suspected rabid animal (140) iii. Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook ( ) iv. Serious burns (partial thickness or second-degree) ( ) v. Heat exhaustion (150) vi. Shock ( ) vii. Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation ( , ) 25. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone. [F8b] (155, ) 26. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person: [F8c] a. From a smoke-filled room (172) b. With a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards (154, ) 27. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). [F8d] ( )

8 SESSION 4 45 Minutes 28. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them. [T11] ( ) a. TEST - List local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them 29. Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your community. [F6] (212, 215) a. TEST - List at least 10 kinds of native plants found in your community. 30. Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community. [S6] (221, 231) a. TEST - List at least 10 kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community. 31. 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. [T1] ( , ) a. TEST - As a leader, describe what you expect to see in a properly dressed Scout before he goes on an overnight camping trip both summer and winter. Discuss the camping gear he will use. Describe the proper way to pack and carry it. 32. 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. [T5] (279, ) 33. 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. [T9] (39, 62) 34. Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean. [S1a] (354, ) a. TEST show how to properly orient a map including proper correction for declination. Show 10 map symbols on a good topological map and/or perform a Map Symbols Quiz.

9 35. Using a compass and a map together, take a five-mile hike (or 10 miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian. (If you use a wheelchair or crutches, or it is difficult for you to get around, you may substitute "trip" for "hike"). [S1b] ( ) a. TEST do not take a hike. However, on a good topological map, show how you would use a compass, the map, and topological features to use triangulation to determine where you were located on the map (and in reality). 36. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass. [F1] ( ) a. TEST tell how to find directions and what you might use or observe. 37. Using a 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.). [F2] ( , ) a. TEST Using a compass: i. Determine the bearing of a location (an object) given by the instructor ii. iii. Measure the height of an object given by the instructor Measure the distance, point A to point B given by the instructor 38. Explain the seven principles of Leave No Trace and what it takes to he a responsible user of the outdoors. Tell how Leave No Trace is everyone's responsibility. (Although this is not a rank requirement, all Scouts and Scouters should know and practice the principles of Leave No Trace.) (206, ) 39. Using the EDGE method, teach another person how to tie the square knot (T4c) (53) 40. Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower and fold the American flag (T6) (74-75) a. TEST if a flag pole is not available, describe how to properly display, raise, and lower the American Flag. b. SHOW how to properly fold the American Flag