How To Earn the Rank of Tenderfoot
 | 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. |
| Spend at least 1 night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have pitched on a ground bed you have prepared. |
| Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope, and how to tie two half hitches and a taut-line hitch. |
| Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if your lost. |
| Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag. |
| Repeat from memory and explain in you own words the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout Motto, and the Scout Slogan. |
| Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell and describe the patrol flag. |
| Explain why we use the buddy system in scouting. |
| Record your best in the following tests: Push-ups, Pull-ups, Sit-ups, Standing long jump, Run/walk 500 yards |
| After 30 days show improvements in the above tests. |
| Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them. |
| Demonstrate the Heimlich Maneuver and tell when it is used. |
| Show first aid for the following: Simple cuts and scratches, Blisters on the hand and foot, Minor burns and scalds, Bites or stings of insects and ticks, Poisonous snake bite, Nosebleed, and Frostbite and sunburn. |
| Participate in a Scoutmaster conference |
| Complete the Board of Review |