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Merit Badges

The Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts are looking for counselors to help them earn their merit badges. If you see an area that interests you, see the instructions below for how to become a counselor.

B
Backpacking
Basketry
Bird Study
Bugling

C
Camping
Canoeing
Chemistry
Cinematography
Citizenship in the Community
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World
Climbing
Coin Collecting
Collections
Communications
Composite Materials
Computers
Cooking
Crime Prevention
Cycling

D
Dentistry
Disabilities Awareness
Dog Care
Drafting

E
Electricity
Electronics
Emergency Preparedness
Energy
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Science

F
Family Life
Farm Mechanics
Fingerprinting
Fire Safety
First Aid
Fish and Wildlife Management
Fishing
Fly Fishing
Forestry

G
Gardening
Genealogy
Geology
Golf
Graphic Arts


H
Hiking
Home Repairs
Horsemanship

I
Indian Lore
Insect Study

J
Journalism

L
Landscape Architecture
Law
Leatherwork
Lifesaving

M
Mammal Study
Medicine
Metalwork
Model Design and Building
Motorboating
Music

N
Nature
Nuclear Science

O
Oceanography
Orienteering

P
Painting
Personal Fitness
Personal Management
Pets
Photography
Pioneering
Plant Science
Plumbing
Pottery
Public Health
Public Speaking
Pulp and Paper

R
Radio
Railroading
Reading
Reptile and Amphibian Study
Rifle Shooting
Rowing

S
Safety
Salesmanship
Scholarship
Sculpture
Shotgun Shooting
Skating
Small-Boat Sailing
Snow Sports
Soil and Water Conservation
Space Exploration
Sports
Stamp Collecting
Surveying
Swimming

T
Textile
Theater
Traffic Safety
Truck Transportation

V
Veterinary Medicine

W
Water Sports
Weather
Whitewater
Wilderness Survival
Wood Carving
Woodworking

REQUIREMENTS FOR MERIT BADGE COUNSELORS

To qualify as a Merit Badge Counselor, you must:
Be at least 18 years old.
Be proficient in the merit badge subject by vocation, avocation, or special training. (see below)
Be able to work with Scout-age boys.
Be registered with the Boy Scouts of America
Complete and submit the BSA Merit Badge Counselor Information Form (No. 33405), indicating which Merit badges you wish to counsel.
As a Merit Badge Counselor, you must agree to:
Follow the requirements of the merit badge, making no deletions or additions, ensuring that the advancement standards are fair and uniform for all Scouts.
Have a Scout and his buddy present at all instructional sessions.
Renew your registration annually if I plan to continue as a Merit Badge Counselor.
When you register as a Merit Badge Counselor, you may choose to work only with a specific unit or units, or with all units.
Proficiency in the subject:
Vocation: Is this subject in line with your job, business, or profession?
Avocation: Do you follow this subject as a hobby, having more than a working knowledge of the requirements?
Special Training: If not, do you have any special training or other qualifications for this subject?

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REQUIREMENTS TO REGISTER AS A SCOUTER

For administrative purposes, Boy Scouts of America requires all merit badge counselors to register with their local council, by submitting an Adult Registration Application, No. 28-501. If you are registering solely to serve as a merit badge counselor, there is no fee. You may also become a full member of the Boy Scouts of America by paying the $10.00 annual registration fee, which includes a subscription to Scouting magazine. This bimonthly publication will keep you updated on developments in the merit badge program and many other aspects of Scouting.. Simply call or write your local council (most of them are listed in your telephone directory under "Boy Scouts of America"). Please note that when registering as an adult member of BSA, you must authorize a criminal background check of yourself, which will be made from public records.