Pioneer

What you need to do

The Scouts must complete all parts of this badge.

1. Demonstrate and know the uses of the following knots and lashings: sheet bend, clove hitch, round turn and half hitches, bowline, timber hitch, sheep shank, square and sheer lashings.

2. Demonstrate the following:

   1. West Country or simple whipping.
   2. The correct way to coil a rope.
   3. The use of simple blocks and tackle.
   4. The use of levers to extract or move heavy weights.
   5. An understanding of the need for supervision and safety in pioneering projects.

3. As a member of a group of three to six Scouts, complete the following:

   1. Take part in an indoor pioneering project.
   2. Take part in building a pioneering model.
   3. Take part in constructing an outdoor pioneering project.
4. Make appropriate diagrams of five pioneering projects and draw them to scale.