Boy Scout Troop 603: Second Class

Second Class

Advancement Requirements for the Rank of Second Class

  1. Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean.
  2. Using a compass and a map you've drawn, take a 5 mile hike (or 10 mile bike ride) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian.
  3. Since joining, have participated in five separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), two of which included camping overnight.
  4. On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitch.
  5. On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of knife, saw, and ax, and discribe when they should be used.
  6. Use the tools listed above to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.
  7. Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a light wieght stove. Discuss the safety procedure for both.
  8. Demonstrate how to light a cooking fire and a lightwieght stove.
  9. On one campout, plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself, selecting foods from the four basic food groups. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, and preparethe foods you selected.
  10. Participate in a flag ceremony for your school, religious institution, chartered organization, community, or troop activity.
  11. Participate in an approved (minimum of 1 hour) service project.
  12. Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community.
  13. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and internal poisoning.
  14. Prepare a personal first aid kit to take with you on a hike.
  15. Demonstrate first aid for the following:
    1. Object in the eye
    2. Bite of a suspected rabid animal
    3. Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fish hook
    4. Serious burns (second degree)
    5. Heat exhaustion
    6. Shock
    7. Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation
  16. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.
  17. Demonstrate your ability to to jump feetfirst into the waterover your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.
  18. Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching ar throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.
  19. Participate in a school, community, or troop program on the dangers of using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, and other practices that could be harmful to your health. Discuss your participation in the program with your family.
  20. Demonstrate Scout Spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
  21. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
  22. Complete your board of review.
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