Position Description:

• 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. 

Position Description:

• 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.

Position Description:

• 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. 

Position Description:

• 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.

Position Description:

• 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 or her 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.

Position Description:

• 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. 

Position Description:

• 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 youth to join a Scouts BSA troop.

• Project a positive image of Scouting.

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Position Description:

• Keep troop leaders apprised of religious holidays when planning activities. 

• Assist the troop chaplain or religious coordinator in meeting the religious needs of troop members while on activities. 

• Encourage saying grace at meals while camping or on activities. 

• Lead worship services on campouts. 

• Tell troop members about the religious emblems program for their faith. 

• Set a good example. 

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly. 

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law. 

• Show and help develop Scout spirit. 

Position Description:

• Function as an assistant Scoutmaster (except for leadership responsibilities reserved for adults 18 and 21 years of age or older).

• Accomplish any duties assigned by the Scoutmaster. 

• Set a good example. 

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly. 

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law. 

• Show and help develop Scout spirit. 

Position Description:

• Establish and maintain a safe and secure troop website. 

• Ensure that the troop website is a positive reflection of Scouting to the public. 

• Work with the scribe to manage the troop’s electronic communication tools. 

• Set a good example.

• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.

• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Show and help develop Scout spirit.

Position Description:

• 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 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.

Position Description:

• 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. 

Position Description:

• 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.

Position Description:

• Makes appropriate bugle calls, as requested, at troop meetings and activities.

• Sets a good example.

• Wears the Scout uniform correctly.

• Lives by the Scout Oath and Law.

• Shows Scout spirit.

Position Description:

• 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. 

Position Description:

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

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

• 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.

• Encourage Arrowmen to assume leadership positions in the troop.

• Encourage Arrowmen in the troop 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.