Senior Patrol Leader

• Preside at all troop meetings, events, activities, and annual program planning conference.

• Chair the patrol leaders’ council.

• Appoint youth leaders with the advice and consent of the Scoutmaster.

• Assign duties and responsibilities to other youth leaders.

• Work with the Scoutmaster in training youth leaders.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Senior Assistant Patrol Leader

• Be responsible for training and giving direct leadership to the following appointed youth leaders: historian, Order of the Arrow representative, scribe, librarian, instructor, quartermaster, and chaplain aide.

• Help lead meetings and activities as called upon by the senior patrol leader.

• Guide the troop in the senior patrol leader’s absence.

• Perform tasks assigned by the senior patrol leader.

• Function as a member of the patrol leaders’ council.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Troop Guide

• Introduce new Scouts to troop operations.

• Guide new Scouts through early Scouting activities.

• Shield new Scouts from harassment by older Scouts.

• Help new Scouts earn the First Class rank in their first year.

• Coach the patrol leader of the new-Scout patrol on his duties.

• Work with the patrol leader at patrol leaders’ council meetings.

• Attend patrol leaders’ council meetings with the patrol leader of the new-Scout patrol.

• Assist the assistant Scoutmaster with training.

• Coach individual Scouts on Scouting challenges.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

• Teach basic Scout skills.

Patrol Leader

• Plan and lead patrol meetings and activities.

• Keep patrol members informed.

• Assign each patrol member a task and help them succeed.

• Represent the patrol at all patrol leaders’ council meetings and the annual program planning conference.

• Prepare the patrol to take part in all troop activities.

• Show and help develop patrol spirit.

• Work with other troop leaders to make the troop run well.

• Know what patrol members and other leaders can do.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

Assistant Patrol Leader

• Help the patrol leader plan and lead patrol meetings and activities.

• Help the patrol leader keep patrol members informed.

• Help the patrol leader prepare the patrol to take part in all troop activities.

• Lead the patrol in the patrol leader’s absence.

• Show and help develop patrol spirit.

• Represent the patrol at all patrol leaders’ council meetings in the patrol leader’s absence.

• Work with other troop leaders to make the troop run well.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

Chaplain's Aide

• Maintain the troop’s religious emblems award progress chart.

• Present an overview of the various religious emblems programs to the troop at least annually, instructing members to contact their own clergyperson or religious counselor to guide them in the appropriate study programs.

• Compile and keep an up-to-date list of local clergy who have agreed to be counselors for the religious emblems programs

• Assist the troop chaplain, or other appropriate adult, to plan and conduct a religious emblem recognition ceremony. Presentation of a religious emblem is the responsibility of the local religious institution in which it is earned, though it is appropriate for the troop to recognize boys who have received religious emblems at courts of honor.

• Serve as the youth coordinator for the observance of the annual Scout Sabbath or Sunday in February.

• Work with the troop chaplain to plan appropriate religious services for all members during weekend troop campouts.

• Participate in patrol leader’s council planning sessions, ensuring that a spiritual emphasis is included, e.g., vespers, prayer before meals, religious observances, etc.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Scribe

• Attend and keep a log of patrol leaders’ council meetings.

• Record attendance and dues payments of all troop members.

• Record advancement in troop records and on the Troop/Team Advancement chart.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Work with the appropriate troop committee members responsible for finance, records, and advancement.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

• Handle correspondence appropriately.

Instructor

• Teach basic Scout skills.

• Schedule/coordinate merit badge counselor(s) for troop/Scout instruction

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Outdoor Ethics Guide

• Have a thorough understanding of and commitment to Leave No Trace principles and Tread Lightly! guidelines.

• Help the troop plan and conduct an outdoor program that effectively practices the principles of outdoor ethics.

• Help Scouts improve their outdoor ethics decision-making skills to minimize impacts as they participate in outdoor activities.

• Support Scouts who are working to complete the relevant requirements for the Scout through First Class ranks.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Den Chief

• Serve as the activities assistant at den meetings.

• Meet regularly with the den leader to review the den and pack meeting plans.

• If serving as a Webelos den chief; help prepare boys to join Boy Scouting.

• Project a positive image of Boy Scouting.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

• Highly Encouraged: Complete the BSA Den Chief training

Quartermaster

• Keep records of patrol and troop equipment.

• Keep equipment in good repair.

• Keep equipment storage area neat and clean.

• Issue equipment and see that it is returned in good order.

• Suggest new or replacement items.

• Work with the troop committee member responsible for equipment.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Historian

• Gather pictures and facts about past activities of the troop and keep them in scrapbooks, wall displays, or information files.

• Take care of troop trophies and keepsakes.

• Keep information about troop alumni.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Librarian

• Establish and maintain a troop library.

• Keep records on literature owned by the troop.

• Add new or replacement items as needed.

• Have literature available for borrowing at troop meetings.

• Maintain a system to check literature in and out.

• Follow up on late returns.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Order of the Arrow Troop Representative

• Serve as a communication link between the lodge or chapter and the troop/team.

• Encourage year-round and resident camping in the troop/team.

• Encourage older-Scout participation in high-adventure programs.

• Encourage Scouts to actively participate in community service projects.

• Assist with leadership skills training in the troop/team.

• Encourage Arrowmen to assume leadership positions in the troop/team.

• Encourage Arrowmen in the troop/team to be active participants in lodge and/or chapter activities and to seal their membership in the Order by becoming Brotherhood members.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath, Scout Law, and OA Obligation.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.