Troop 61
Jr. Leader Office Descriptions

Patrol Leader

Introduction: When you accept the position of patrol leader, you agree to provide service and leadership in our troop. This responsibility should be fun and rewarding. This job description provides some of the things you are expected to do while serving as a junior leader. You should make notes on this sheet as you participate in an introduction to leadership conference with an adult troop leader. The Patrol Leader is elected by the patrol members.

Responsible to: Scoutmaster/Assistant Scoutmasters

Qualifications: Successfully complete Junior Leadership Training course. Have served one term as Assistant Patrol Leader. Demonstrate Rank and/or merit badge advancement in prior twelve months.

Specific Duties:

• Plan and lead patrol meetings and activities.
• Keep patrol members informed.
• Assign each patrol member a job and help them succeed.
• Represent the patrol at all patrol leaders' council meetings and at the annual program planning conference.
• Prepare the patrol to take part in all troop activities.
• Develop patrol spirit.
• Work with other troop leaders to make the troop run well.
• Know what patrol members and other leaders can do.
• Set a good example.
• Wear the uniform correctly.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Law.

Resources: As patrol leader, there are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster, and troop committee members. Other resources include your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature that can help you follow:

• Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
• Junior Leader Handbook, No. 3500
• Woods Wisdom, Troop Program Features, No. 7262A
• Fieldbook, No. 3200
• Boy Scout Songbook, No. 3224A
• Boy Scout Requirements, No. 3216B ( advancement)
• Copies of work sheets from Scoutmaster's Junior Leader Training Kit that relate to the assistant patrol leader.
• Boys' Life
• Merit Badge pamphlets
• Copy of troop rules and policies
• Troop and patrol rosters
• Activity calendars (troop, district, school)
• First Class Tracking Sheet, No. 4101C
• Campfire planner sheets, No. 3696
• Troop meeting planning sheets (from Woods Wisdom)
• BSA equipment catalog

Assistant Patrol Leader

Introduction: When you accept the position of assistant patrol leader, you agree to provide service and leadership in our troop. This responsibility should be fun and rewarding. This job description provides some of the things you are expected to do while serving as a junior leader. You should make notes on this sheet as you participate in an introduction to leadership conference with an adult troop leader. The Assistant Patrol Leader is elected by the patrol members.

Responsible to: Patrol Leader

Qualifications: Successfully complete Junior Leadership Training course. Demonstrate rank and/or merit badge advancement in prior twelve months.

Specific Duties:

• Assist the patrol leader in:
  • planning and leading patrol meetings and activities
  • keeping patrol members informed
  • preparing your patrol to take part in troop activities
• Take charge of the patrol in the absence of the patrol leader.
• Represent the patrol at all patrol leaders' council meetings in the absence of the patrol leader.
• Help develop patrol spirit.
• Work with other troop leaders to make the troop run well.
• Know what patrol members and other leaders can do.
• Set a good example.
• Wear the uniform correctly.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Law.

Resources: As assistant patrol leader, there are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster, and troop committee members. Other resources include your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature that can help you follow:

• Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
• Junior Leader Handbook, No. 3500
• Fieldbook, No. 3200
• Boy Scout Songbook, No. 3224A
• Boy Scout Requirements, No. 3216B ( advancement)
• Boys' Life
• Merit Badge pamphlets
• Copy of troop rules and policies
• Patrol roster
• Activity calendars (troop, district, school)
• First Class Tracking Sheet, No. 4101C
• Campfire planner sheets, No. 3696
• Troop meeting planning sheets (from Woods Wisdom)

Troop Scribe

Introduction: When you accept the position of troop scribe, you agree to provide service and leadership in our troop. This responsibility should be fun and rewarding. This job description provides some of the things you are expected to do while serving as a junior leader. You should make notes on this sheet as you participate in an introduction to leadership conference with an adult troop leader. The Troop Scribe is appointed by the Scoutmasters and the Patrol Leaders/Assistant Patrol Leaders.

Responsible to: Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmasters (and works with the troop committee member responsible for records and finance)

Qualifications: Must demonstrate rank and/or merit badge advancement in prior twelve months.

Specific Duties:

• Attend and keep a log of patrol leaders' council meetings.
• Record attendance and dues payments.
• Record advancement in troop records.
• Work with appropriate troop committee members responsible for finance, records, and advancement.
• Set a good example.
• Wear the uniform correctly.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Law.

Resources: As the troop scribe, there are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster, and troop committee members. Other resources include your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature that can help you follow:

• Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
• Junior Leader Handbook, No. 3500
• Boy Scout Requirements, No. 3216B ( advancement)
• Boys' Life
• Copy of troop rules and policies
• Troop and patrol rosters
• Activity calendars (troop, district, school)
• Troop/Team Record Book, No. 6510
• First Class Tracking Sheet, No. 4101C

Troop Librarian

Introduction: When you accept the position of troop librarian, you agree to provide service and leadership in our troop. This responsibility should be fun and rewarding. This job description provides some of the things you are expected to do while serving as a junior leader. You should make notes on this sheet as you participate in an introduction to leadership conference with an adult troop leader. The Troop Librarian is appointed by the Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, Patrol Leaders/Assistant Patrol Leaders.

Responsible to: Assistant Scoutmasters & Scoutmaster

Qualifications: Must demonstrate rank and/or merit badge advancement in prior twelve months.

Specific Duties:

• Establish and maintain a troop library.
  • Keep records on literature owned by the troop.
  • Add new or replacement items needed.
  • Have literature available for borrowing at troop meetings.
  • Keep a system to check literature in and out.
  • Follow up on late returns.
  • Set a good example.
  • Wear the uniform correctly.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Law.

Resources: As the troop librarian, there are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster, and troop committee members. Other resources include your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature that can help you follow:

• Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
• Junior Leader Handbook, No. 3500
• Scoutmaster Handbook, No. 6502
• Woods Wisdom, Troop Program Features, No. 7262A
• Fieldbook, No. 3200
• Boy Scout Songbook, No. 3224A
• Boy Scout Requirements, No. 3216B ( advancement)
• Boys' Life
• Merit Badge pamphlets
• Copy of troop rules and policies
• Troop roster
• Activity calendars (troop, district, school)
• Troop/Team Record Book, No. 6510
• Varsity activity pamphlets
• Venture activity pamphlets
• Index of Scouting literature

Troop Historian

Introduction: When you accept the position of troop historian, you agree to provide service and leadership in our troop. This responsibility should be fun and rewarding. This job description provides some of the things you are expected to do while serving as a junior leader. You should make notes on this sheet as you participate in an introduction to leadership conference with an adult troop leader. The Troop Historian is appointed by the Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, Patrol Leaders/Assistant Patrol Leaders.

Responsible to: Scoutmaster & Assistant Scoutmasters

Qualifications: Must demonstrate rank and/or merit badge advancement in prior twelve months.

Specific Duties:

• Gather pictures and facts about past activities of the troop and keep them in scrapbooks, wall displays, or information files.
• Take care of troop trophies and keepsakes.
• Keep information about troop alumni.
• Set a good example.
• Wear the uniform correctly.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Law.

Resources: As a troop junior leader, there are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster, and troop committee members. Other resources include your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature that can help you follow:

• Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
• Junior Leader Handbook, No. 3500
• Scoutmaster Handbook, No. 6502
• Woods Wisdom, Troop Program Features, No. 7262A
• Fieldbook, No. 3200
• Boy Scout Songbook, No. 3224A
• Boy Scout Requirements, No. 3216B ( advancement)
• Boys' Life
• Copy of troop rules and policies
• Troop roster
• Activity calendars (troop, district, school)
• Troop/Team Record Book, No. 6510

Patrol Quartermaster

Introduction: When you accept the position of quartermaster, you agree to provide service and leadership in our troop. This responsibility should be fun and rewarding. This job description provides some of the things you are expected to do while serving as a junior leader. You should make notes on this sheet as you participate in an introduction to leadership conference with an adult troop leader. The Patrol Quartermaster is elected by the patrol members.

Responsible to: Assistant Patrol Leader (and works with the troop committee member responsible for equipment)

Qualifications: Must demonstrate rank and/or merit badge advancement in prior twelve months.

Specific Duties:

• Keep records of patrol and troop equipment.
• Keep equipment in good repair.
• Issue equipment and see that it is returned in good order.
• Suggest new and replacement items.
• Work with troop committee member responsible for equipment.
• Set a good example.
• Wear the uniform correctly.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Law.

Resources: As the quartermaster, there are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster, and troop committee members. Other resources include your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature that can help you follow:

• Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
• Junior Leader Handbook, No. 3500
• Woods Wisdom, Troop Program Features, No. 7262A
• Fieldbook, No. 3200
• Boy Scout Songbook, No. 3224A
• Boy Scout Requirements, No. 3216B ( advancement)
• Boys' Life
• Copy of troop rules and policies
• Troop roster
• Activity calendars (troop, district, school)
• Troop/Team Record Book, No. 6510
• BSA equipment catalog
• Troop equipment inventory book

Patrol Grubmaster

Introduction: When you accept the position of grubmaster, you agree to provide service and leadership in our troop. This responsibility should be fun and rewarding. This job description provides some of the things you are expected to do while serving as a junior leader. You should make notes on this sheet as you participate in an introduction to leadership conference with an adult troop leader. The Patrol Grubmaster is elected by the patrol members.

Responsible to: Assistant Patrol Leader (and works with the troop committee member responsible for food and menus for outings)

Qualifications: Must demonstrate rank and/or merit badge advancement in prior twelve months.

Specific Duties:

• Keep records of patrol and troop food supplies and menus.
• Keep recipe files updated.
• Issue food/supplies and see that remaining supplies returned in good order.
• Suggest new and replacement supplies.
• Work with troop committee member responsible for purchasing food & supplies.
• Set a good example.
• Wear the uniform correctly.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Law.

Resources: As the grubmaster, there are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster, patrol quartermaster, and troop committee members. Other resources include your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature that can help you follow:

• Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
• Junior Leader Handbook, No. 3500
• Woods Wisdom, Troop Program Features, No. 7262A
• Fieldbook, No. 3200
• Boy Scout Songbook, No. 3224A
• Boy Scout Requirements, No. 3216B ( advancement)
• Boys' Life
• Copy of troop rules and policies
• Troop roster
• Activity calendars (troop, district, school)
• Troop/Team Record Book, No. 6510
• Troop food & supplies inventory book
• Troop recipe files

Den Chief

Introduction: When you accept the position of den chief, you agree to provide service and leadership in our troop. This responsibility should be fun and rewarding. This job description provides some of the things you are expected to do while serving as a junior leader. You should make notes on this sheet as you participate in an introduction to leadership conference with an adult troop leader. The Den Chief is appointed by the Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmasters, Patrol Leaders/Assistant Patrol Leaders.

Responsible to: Assistant Scoutmaster

Qualifications: Must demonstrate rank and/or merit badge advancement in prior twelve months.

Specific Duties:

• Serve as activities assistant at den meetings.
• Meet regularly with the den leader to review the den and pack meeting plans.
• If serving as a Webelos den chief, prepare the boys to join Boy Scouting.
• Project a positive image of Boy Scouting.
• Set a good example.
• Wear the uniform correctly.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Law.

Resources: As a den chief, there are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmaster, and troop committee members, as well as the Cubmaster and den leader. Other resources include your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature that can help you follow:

• Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
• Den Chief Handbook, No. 3211A
• Junior Leader Handbook, No. 3500
• Fieldbook, No. 3200
• Boys' Life
• Copy of troop rules and policies
• Activity calendars (troop, district, school)
• BSA equipment catalog

Revised December 24, 1996
questions & comments to: Troop 61

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