Advance Pioneer badge
Scout proficiency badge

Advance Pioneer

Take pioneering further: advanced knots, lashings and splices, rope strength, the Aerial Runway Code, and two group-built projects.

  • Collective Achievement
  • Syllabus page 4

What you need to do

The Scouts must complete all parts of this.

  1. Pass or have passed the Pioneer badge.

  2. Demonstrate, and know the uses of, the following knots and lashings:

    1. Harvesters' hitch
    2. Double sheet bend
    3. Fisherman's knot
    4. Rolling hitch
    5. Figure of eight lashing
    6. Diagonal lashing

  3. Demonstrate the following:

    1. Sailmakers' whipping
    2. Eye and back splices
    3. Anchorage for firm and soft ground

  4. Have knowledge of the following:

    1. The construction of man-made and natural fiber ropes and their breaking strains.
    2. The Aerial Runway Code.
    3. How to store and maintain pioneering equipment.
    1. As a member of a group of three to six Scouts design and build two projects as agreed with the examiner beforehand.
    2. Take part in building two pioneering models in appropriate ratio.
  6. Make appropriate diagrams of five pioneering projects and draw them to scale. They should be different from what you have chosen for the Pioneer badge.

Notes

Alternative activities may be undertaken as agreed by the Patrol Leaders' Council.