NOTE: These requirements may be worked on simultaneously with those for
Second Class and First Class; however these ranks must be earned in
sequence.

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 one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you
have helped pitch.

3. On the campout, assist in preparing and cooking one of your patrol's
meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal
preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together.

4a. Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.

4b. Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their
uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.

4c. Using the EDGE method teach another person how to tie the square knot.

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 flag.

9a. Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.

9b. Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal
safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how
you should respond to one.

10a. Record your best in the following tests:

  • Push-ups
  • Pull-ups
  • Sit-ups
  • Standing long jump
  • 1/4 mile walk/run

10b. Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after
practicing for 30 days.

11. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.

12a. Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.

12b. Show first aid for the following:

  • Simple cuts and scratches
  • Blisters on the hand and foot
  • Minor burns or scalds (first degree)
  • Bites and stings of insects and ticks
  • Poisonous snakebite
  • Nosebleed
  • Frostbite and Sunburn

13. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout
Law in your everyday life.  Discuss four specific examples of how you have
lived the points of the Scout Law in your daily life.

14. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference.

15. Complete your board of review.

Notes
  • Alternate requirements for the Tenderfoot rank are available for Scouts
    with physical or mental disabilities - click here to learn more.

  • The requirements for Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks
    may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be
    earned in sequence.

  • Requirement 15 - (Complete your Board of Review) MAY be done
    AFTER the Scout' has reached age 18. All other requirements must be
    completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday.

Online Resources
  • A series of videos that demonstrate how to meet all of the requirements
    for the Tenderfoot rank is available on the BSA Web site here.
Tenderfoot Requirements
Requirements were REVISED
effective January 1, 2010.
These requirements appear in the
official Boy Scout Handbook, 12th
Edition, which was issued in 2009,
but do not take effect until January 1,
2010.
If a Scout has started work toward a
rank before that date using
requirements that were current before
January 1, 2010, he may complete
that rank only using the old
requirements.
Any Progress toward a rank that is
begun after January 1, 2010, must
use the requirements as they are
presented in the Boy Scout
Handbook (34622) or in Boy Scout
Requirements book (33216).
A Scout may also use these
requirements, if he wishes, before
January 1, 2010.