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First Class Trail

This is a program designed to help Scouts achieve the rank of First Class. Its goal is to familiarize boys with the basic skills that every Scout should know. The program is intended to be a time for Scouts to learn skills like: first aid, knots and lashings, orienteering, and fire building. Once a Scout has learned the skills he must demonstrate his ability to perform and apply the skills.

Scout Rank Tenderfoot Rank Second Class Rank First Class Rank

The staff of First Class Trail does not sign off requirements in a Scout’s handbook. Each Scout will have a progress report sheet that keeps track of what times he showed up and what requirements he worked on. This sheet will then be given to the Scoutmaster at the end of the week, or the Scoutmaster can check with the counselor daily to see a Scouts progress and review material with the Scout in the campsite. CFL encourages that the leaders of the troop take the time to review the skills that a Scouts has learned, and make sure that he can demonstrate them and fully know their usefulness before the Scout gets the requirement signed off. This ensures the best quality of teaching that a Scout can get. CFL further encourages adult leaders to attend and participate in the First Class Trail program. While it is the responsibility of the staff to teach the class, skilled extra helpers are always welcome.

The First Class Trail program operates out of the Eagles Nest area. It runs in the morning during all three sessions and during some evenings. Every time slot covers different requirements, so please make sure the Scouts look at the schedule carefully. The 2010 First Class Trail program reflects the Boy Scout Handbook 12th edition requirements. The 2010 First Class Trail program schedule is as follows.

Monday

9:00	Tenderfoot Requirement 12b	Show first aid for the following: Simple cuts and scratches, Blisters on the hand and foot, Minor burns or scalds (first degree), Bites and stings of insects and ticks, Poisonous snakebite, Nosebleed, Frostbite, and sunburn.
10:00	First Class Requirement 8b	Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.
	First Class Requirement 8c	Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person: from a smoke-filled room, with a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards.
11:00	Second Class Requirement 6c	Demonstrate first aid for the following: Object in the eye, Bite of a suspected rabid animal, Puncture wounds from a splinter, nail, and fishhook, Serious burns (second degree), Heat exhaustion, Shock, Heatstroke, dehydration, hypothermia, and hyperventilation.

Tuesday

9:00	Tenderfoot Requirement 4a	How to whip and fuse the ends of a rope.
	Tenderfoot Requirement 4b	Demonstrate you know how to tie the following knots and tell what their uses are: two half hitches and the taut-line hitch.
	First Class Requirement 8a	Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used.
10:00	First Class Requirement 7a	Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. Then demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together
	First Class Requirement 7b	Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget..
11:00	Tenderfoot Requirement 5	Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.
	Second Class Requirement 1a	Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean.
	First Class Requirement 1	Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass
7:00	First Class Requirement 2	Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.)

Thursday

9:00	Tenderfoot Requirement 6	Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.
10:00	Tenderfoot Requirement 11	Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.
	Second Class Requirement 6	Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community.
	First Class Requirement 6	Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of native plants found in your community.
11:00	Second Class Requirement 5	Participate in an approved (minimum of hone hour) service project.
	Second Class Requirement 8c	Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.
	First Class Requirement 9c	With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and rescuer (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water).

Friday

9:00	Tenderfoot Requirement 9	Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to one.
	Second Class Requirement 7a	Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.
	First Class Requirement 9a	Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat.
10:00	Tenderfoot Requirement 12a	Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used.
	Second Class Requirement 7a	Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and internal poisoning.
	First Class Requirement 8d	Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
11:00	Second Class Requirement 2e	Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both.
	Second Class Requirement 2f	In an approved place and at an approved time, demonstrate how to build a fire and set up a lightweight stove. Lighting the fire is not required.
	First Class Requirement 4d	Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic containers, and other rubbish.

Scouts can work on other Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class requirements not offered in the first Class Trail program during other camp programs. If a Scout would like to work on other rank requirements not offered in the First Class Trail program he just has to talk to the staff running the program.

Scouts can come and go to which ever requirements they need. They do not have to come to every session every day, unless they want to. This program is open for scouts to walk in freely whenever a requirement that they need is being offered. Just make sure the staff record that a Scout was there and what requirements he worked on so that his progress can be tracked.

Teaching Skills at CFL

First Class Trail Scouts should come prepared! If the requirement they are wishing to work on deals with knots, they should bring a section of rope to tie knots with. If the requirement requires getting into the lake a Scout should have a bathing suit and towel. The program will supply things like compasses, stoves and first aid equipment but a Scout is always prepared and it helps when Scouts bring their own equipment to practice and learn on.

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