Advancement Requirements for the Rank of Tenderfoot

1. 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.
2. Spend at least 1 night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch on a ground bed you have prepared.
3. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
4. Demonstrate tying two half hitches and a tautline hitch by using these knots to pitch a tent.
5. 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.
6. Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.
7. Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto, and slogan.
8. Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flog.
9. Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.
10. Record your best in the following tests:
    1. Pushups
    2. Pullups
    3. Situps
    4. Standing Long Jump
    5. Run/Walk 500 Yards
11. Show improvement in the activities listed above after practicing for 30 days.
12. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.
13. Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.
14. Show first aid for the following:
    1. Simple cuts and scrapes
    2. Blisters on the hand and foot
    3. Minor burns or scalds (first degree)
    4. Bites or stings of insects and ticks
    5. Poisonous snakebite
    6. Nosebleed
15. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.