First Class
The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be earned in sequence.
1. Demonstrate how to find directions during
the day and at night without using a compass.
2. 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.).
3. Since joining, have participated in 10 separate troop/patrol activities
(other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping overnight.
4a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout -- including one breakfast,
lunch, and dinner -- that requires cooking. Tell how the menu includes
the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs.
4b. 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.
4c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook
and serve these meals.
4e. 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.
4f. 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.
5. Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader
(elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, teacher)
your constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S. citizen.
6. Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of native plants found
in your community.
7a. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings.
7b. 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.
7c. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget.
8a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can
be used.
8b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the
head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.
8c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person:
- From a smoke-filled room
- With a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards
8d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack.
Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR).
9a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
9b. Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test.
9c. With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender
and as rescuer. (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet
from shore in deep water.)
Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the
Scout
Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life.
10. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
11. Complete your board of review.