| The Ranger Award |
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.
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For More information visit this site:
http://www.usscouts.org/advance/venturing/RangerAward.html
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.
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For More information visit this site:
http://www.usscouts.org/advance/venturing/RangerAward.html
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