Scout Training

Scouts interested in self improvement should consider some of the following Training:

• Canoe Basic Training

  • Required if participating in a Troop Canoe Trip

  • Also get your Canoe Merit Badge

  • Conducted by our Canoe Team

• Winter Adventure Skills

  • Troop 49 is part of the Winter Adventure Skills Cadre

  • Our troop sends scouts and adults to this training each year

  • You learn how to safely camp in the snow

  • During the outing portion of training, you will build and sleep in a snow shelter

  • Highly recommend that you take this course if you plan to attend a winter campout with the Troop

  • Course in February - Sign up in December

• Wilderness Survival and Bushcraft

  • Not an official BSA course

  • Learn basic and advanced survival techniques

  • We will also cover requirements for the Wilderness Survival Merit Badge

  • We have specially trained instructors in our Troop if you are interested

• Leave No Trace

  • There are various levels of LNT

  • The Council LNT trainer is in our Troop and can set you up with training

  • Information on LNT and Scouting can be found at scouting.org

• Den Chief Training

  • Required if scout would like to be a Den Chief

  • scouting.org

• Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops (ILST)

  • The purpose to teach Scouts with leadership positions about their new roles and how to most effectively reach success in that role

  • An Online/Virtual version is available

  • Take the online modules through my.scouting.org

• National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)

  • National Youth Leadership Training is an exciting, action-packed program designed for councils to provide youth members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their home troops

  • Out troop helps run this program every year in August - graduates can help staff future courses

• National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE)

  • An exciting program that enhances leadership skills and expands upon the team-building and ethical decision-making skills learned in NYLT.

  • scouting.org

• NYLT Leadership Academy

  • The NYLT Leadership Academy trains youth staff to be top-notch presenters, evaluators, and leaders of their councils’ National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) courses

  • nylt-leadershipacademy.org

• Kodiak Challenge

  • The Kodiak Challenge is designed to be an adventure that pushes the boundaries of every participant – one that will encourage you to try new things that may be out of your comfort zone

  • It is an experience—but one that has its underpinnings in the application of the leadership skills they learned in the Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops or Crews, NYLT, and/or NAYLE. It is, as is all of Scouting, an adventure with a purpose

  • filestore.scouting.org

• Powder Horn

  • Open to both registered adults and youth who are at least 13 and have completed the 8th grade

  • Powder Horn is a hands-on resource management course designed to give you the contacts and tools necessary to conduct an awesome high-adventure program in your troop, team, crew, or ship

  • filestore.scouting.org

• Hazardous Weather

  • Hazardous Weather training must be completed by Direct Contact Leaders to be considered position trained

  • Training will give you a better understanding of weather and how it impacts outings

  • my.Scouting.org

• Wilderness First Aid

  • We encourage all older scouts attend this course

  • Training enhances safety on outings and our ability to train scouts

  • Our Troop delivers this course twice a year to the Council

• NRA Basic Rifle and NRA Basic Shotgun

  • Learn how to operate and maintain a Rifle or Shotgun

  • Training available on a monthly basis, except in the summer

  • These courses will help you fulfill the requirements for the Rifle and Shotgun Merit Badges

  • Required training to become an NRA instructor in those disciplines

  • firearmtraining.nra.org

• NRA Rifle Instructor and NRA Shotgun Instructor

  • Youth age 15-17 may attend these courses to become an NRA Shotgun Junior Trainer

  • If you interested, come speak with our Shooting Sports Team

Interested in training? Speak with our Scoutmaster