For the Cub Scout Leader with a desire to plan and carry out an outdoor experience for the Pack! There will be many resources and ideas! This is an all day training. BALOO training is required in order to conduct a Pack Overnighter.

For anyone who wants:

• To understand the focus of the Cub Scout level of the BSA Outdoor Program
• Acquire the skills and confidence necessary to plan and carry out a successful Cub Scout level Day Trip or overnight activity
• Increase their knowledge of the resources available from the BSA for carrying out this activity.

Prerequisites – It is recommended that participants complete New Leader Essentials.

An all day training event that will boost your excitement for Cub Scouting and give you "tons" of ideas, program activities and suggestions, Pow Wow will make your position easier. This is held in conjunction with the Great Trails Leader Institute.

Prerequisites – None

This training provides Charter Representatives with the information they need to understand their role and work as an effective liaison between the chartering organization and the scouting unit.

Prerequisites – None

The Trainer Development Conference (formally train-the-trainer) is designed to acquaint adult leaders with the basic elements of training Scout leaders and the key skills required to do so. It provides both the theory and practical information needed to staff Scouting's numerous training courses. This course is applicable for all programs Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturing, and for both youth and adult training.

Powder Horn is a 7-day course (also offered in the weekend variety) on high adventure resources. It is not a personal development course like Wood Badge or even a skills course. It will let you experience many high adventure skills, learn where to get the resources to support high adventure programs, and how to offer those programs in such an exciting, out-of-the-box way that teens will keep coming back to meetings and activities.

The Powder Horn course is designed to introduce and expose Venturing and Boy Scouting adult unit leaders to the activities and resources necessary to operate a successful outdoor/high adventure unit-level program. It is based on the eight core and eighteen electives found in the Venturing Ranger program. It is intended to help adult leaders get out of the box in finding and using resources and in the way they lead their unit-level high adventure programs. No high adventure skills are taught in this course. It is designed to have some disciplines introduced with a hands-on segment. Example: For scuba if a pool is available, it is suggested to do a Discover Scuba (PADI) session where participants get into a shallow pool and wear scuba gear. It is not scuba certification. Participants will not learn how to rock climb or shoot a skeet course, but will learn where to go to find those who can teach these skills to Boy Scouts and Venturers.

Purpose

The course is designed to help unit-level adult leaders to:

• Find the resources necessary for a high adventure program.
• Understand what is involved in different high adventure disciplines.
• Run a high adventure program safely.

Learning Objectives

• Learn what resources are available to support a high adventure program.
• Learn where to find the resources.
• Learn how to use the resources.
• Learn how to safely do a high adventure program.
• Learn what is involved with different high adventure disciplines.

Requirements

• Be a registered BSA adult.
• Have a current BSA Class III physical
• Have Scout Executive approval

Before a group may engage in swimming activities of any kind, a minimum of one adult leader must complete Safe Swim Defense training, have a commitment card (No. 34243) with them, and agree to use the eight defenses in this plan. This 45 minute training session is normally offered at Roundtable.

Prerequisites – None

Safety Afloat has been developed to promote boating and boating safety and to set standards for safe unit activity afloat. Before a unit may engage in an excursion, expedition, or trip on the water (canoe, raft, sailboat, motorboat, rowboat, tube, or other craft), adult leaders for such activity must complete Safety Afloat Training and have a commitment card (No. 34242A) with them and be dedicated to full compliance with all nine points of Safety Afloat. This 45 minute training session is normally offered at Roundtable.

Prerequisites – None

Designed for unit climbing/rappelling, Climb On Safely, No. 20-099, is the BSA's recommended procedure for organizing and managing climbing and rappelling activities at all levels of the Scouting program: Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouting, Webelos Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and Venturing (you may want to see the Boy Scout Age Appropriate Guidelines). It offers guidance for climbing and rappelling at national sites and at specifically designed facilities, including climbing towers and fixed and portable walls. Climb On Safely has eight points to help ensure the safety and well-being of participants.

The Climb On Safely Training Outline, No. 20-101, is designed to teach adult Scouters how to implement the eight points of Climb On Safely for unit climbing/rappelling activities. This orientation can be conducted by anyone who has an interest in climbing or rappelling; it does not require a skilled climber or rappeller. Training in Climb On Safely takes about 40 minutes and can be done at a roundtable or summer camp or in conjunction with other unit leader training.

Climb On Safely Training Outline is not designed to prepare leaders to instruct BSA youth in the skills of climbing or rappelling. Teaching climbing or rappelling requires a trained climbing instructor who meets the criteria defined in Climb On Safely.

Prerequisites – None

Trek Safely is the Boy Scouts of America’s recommended procedure for organizing and carrying out outdoor treks that involve Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Ventures. Trek Safely applies to all types of outdoor experiences that involve trekking, including hiking, backpacking, canoeing, horseback riding, caving, rafting, kayaking, sailing, ski touring, mountain climbing, and mountain biking.

Prerequisites – None