Detailed descriptions of duties for the following troop positions are included below. Click on the position to jump to the description.
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
Job description: The Senior Patrol Leader is elected by the Scouts with the approval of the Scoutmaster to represent them as the top junior leader in the troop.
Reports to: the Scoutmaster.
Senior Patrol Leader duties:
Runs all troop meetings, events, activities, and the annual program planning conference
Runs the patrol leaders' council meeting
Appoints other troop junior leaders with the advice and counsel of the Scoutmaster
Assigns duties and responsibilities to junior leaders
Assists the Scoutmaster with junior leader training
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
Reports to: the Senior Patrol Leader.
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader duties:
Helps the senior patrol leader lead meetings and activities
Runs the troop in the absence of the senior patrol leader
Helps train and supervise the troop scribe, quartermaster, instructors, librarian, historian, and chaplain aide
Serves as a member of the patrol leaders' council
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit
Job description: The Scribe keep the troop records. He records the activities of the patrol leaders' council and keeps a record of dues, advancement, and Scout attendance at troop meetings.
Reports to: the Assistant Senior Patrol leader.
Scribe duties:
Attends and keeps a log of patrol leaders' council meetings
Records individual Scout attendance and dues payments
Records individual Scout advancement progress
Works with the troop committee member responsible for records and finance
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit
Job description: The Troop Guide works with new Scouts. He helps them feel comfortable and earn their First Class rank in their first year.
Reports to: the Assistant Scoutmaster for the new Scout patrol in the troop.
Troop guide duties:
Introduces new Scouts to troop operations
Guides new Scouts through early Scouting activities
Ensures that new Scouts are treated positively by the older scouts
Helps new Scouts earn First Class rank in their first year
Teaches basic Scout skills
Coaches the Patrol Leader of the new Scout patrol on his duties
Works with the Patrol Leader at patrol leaders' council meetings
Attends patrol leaders' council meetings with the patrol leader of the new Scout patrol
Assists the Assistant Scoutmaster with training
Counsels individual Scouts on Scouting challenges
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit
Job description: The Librarian/Historian takes care of troop literature and keeps a historical record or scrapbook of troop activities.
Reports to: the Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
Librarian/Historian duties:
Sets up and takes care of a troop library
Keeps records of books and pamphlets owned by the troop
Adds new or replacement items as needed
Keeps books and pamphlets available for borrowing
Keeps a system for checking books and pamphlets in and out
Follows up on late returns
Gathers pictures and facts about past troop activities and deeps them in a historical file or scrapbook
Keeps up the troop bulletin board
Takes care of Troop trophies, ribbons, and souvenirs of troop activities
Keeps information about former members of the troop
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit
Job description: The Chaplain aide works with the troop chaplain to meet the religious needs of Scouts in the troop. He also works to promote the religious emblems program
Reports to: the assistant senior patrol leader.
Chaplain Aide duties:
Tells Scouts about the religious emblem program for their faith
Makes sure religious holidays are considered during troop program planning
Plans a "Scouts' Own Service" religious observance for troop activities
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit
Job Description: The Quartermaster keeps track of troop equipment and sees that it is in good working order.
Reports to: the Assistant Senior Patrol Leader.
Quartermaster duties:
Keeps records on patrol and troop equipment
Makes sure equipment is in good working condition
Issues equipment and makes sure it's returned in good condition
Makes suggestions for new or replacement items
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit
Job description: The den chief works with the Cub Scouts, Webelos Scouts, and den leaders in the Cub Scout pack.
Reports to: the Den Leader in the pack and the Assistant Scoutmaster for the new Scout patrol in the troop.
Den Chief duties:
Knows the purposes of Cub Scouting
Helps Cub Scouts advance through Cub Scout ranks
Encourages Cub Scouts to join a troop upon graduation
Assists with activities in the den meetings
Is a friend to the boys in the den
Helps out at weekly den meetings and monthly pack meetings
Meets with adult members of the den, pack, and troop as necessary
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit
Job description: The patrol leader is the elected leader of his patrol. He represents his patrol on the patrol leaders' council.
Reports to: the senior patrol leader. If you're the patrol leader for the new Scout patrol, you'll also work with the troop guide who is assigned to your patrol.
Patrol leader duties:
Appoints the Assistant Patrol Leader
Represents the patrol on the patrol leaders' council
Plans and steers patrol meetings
Helps Scouts advance
Acts as the chief recruiter of new Scouts
Keeps patrol members informed
Knows what his patrol members and other leaders can do
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit
Job description: The Assistant Patrol Leader is appointed by the patrol leader and leads the patrol in his absence.
Reports to: the Patrol Leader
Assistant Patrol Leader Duties:
Helps the Patrol Leader Plan and steer patrol meetings and activities
Helps him keep patrol members informed
Helps the patrol get ready for al troop activities
Represents his patrol at patrol leaders' council meetings when the Patrol Leader cannot attend
Lends a hand controlling the patrol and building patrol spirit
Sets a good example
Enthusiastically wears the Scout uniform correctly
Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
Shows Scout spirit