Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!



Ranger Award Requirements


How to Become a Ranger

This is not an easy, quick award to earn. It will take planning, time, initiative, and plenty of hard work.
 It will probably take you over a year to complete all the requirements, but that too will speak to
your determination and staying power, two more attributes of a Ranger.

There are two types of requirements:  Core requirements and Electives

In the core area, you will achieve a high level of proficiency in the areas of:

First Aid Leave No Trace
Wilderness Survival Cooking
Emergency Preparedness Land Navigation
Communications Conservation

In addition to the eight core requirements, you must complete at least four of the 18 electives. They are:

Backpacking

Mountaineering
Cave Exploring Outdoor Living History
Cycling/Mountain Biking Physical Fitness
Ecology Plants and Wildlife
Equestrian Project COPE
First Aid Scuba
Fishing Shooting Sports
Hunting Watercraft
Lifesaver Winter Sports

Note:
Venturers, who have received the Outdoor Bronze Award, need only complete four of the core requirements
and two electives to qualify for the Ranger Award, since they already have completed four core requirements
 and two electives already.

There are a variety of ways to approach these requirements. Many requirements you must do completely
 on your own. Others you might choose to do on your own or with others, such as scuba certification.
Others your crew might decide to do as a crew, such as Project COPE. The key is to have a plan and
to have initiative. Not everyone will be a Ranger; only those who are willing to learn, work hard,
and meet the requirements will be known as Rangers.

You may work with outside consultants who have expertise in the area you are working in, such as a
scuba dive instructor for the scuba diving requirement or a certified first aid instructor for the first aid
requirement. However, you must have these consultants preapproved by your Advisor. Consultants may
 initial and date your Ranger Guidebook when you have completed the requirement.

Once you have completed a requirement, have your Advisor or the consultant who worked with you
on your requirement initial and date your Ranger Guidebook. Then, when you complete all eight core
 requirements and at least four electives, have your Advisor review your completed requirements,
certify your completion of the Ranger Award requirements, and order your Ranger Award.

Multiple Credit

You may receive multiple credit for requirements, such as using an American Red Cross Emergency Response
Course for credit in the first aid core requirement and for the first aid and lifesaver electives. The only time you
cannot receive multiple credit is when you are required to do a tabletop display or presentation. If a core
requirement or elective requires you to do a tabletop display or presentation on a particular subject, then it
 must be done just on that subject, not two or more at a time.

Past Credit

All core requirements and electives require you to do work as a Venturer. As an example, you may have
earned the Backpacking merit badge as a Boy Scout, but you must do all that is required in the Ranger
backpacking elective as a Venturer. Some core requirements and electives require some type of certification,
such as scuba Open Water Diver, Standard First Aid, or BSA Lifeguard. This certification may be used
regardless of when you received it as long as the certification is still current.

 Home  Members  Photos  News  Awards  Venturing  Links  Calendar