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Venturing: Awards
and Knots
The following table displays all of the
current Venturing advancement awards available. The requirements to earn and
wear each award can be found by clicking on the requirements link under
each award. A brief description of each award is listed below.
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Venturing Bronze Awards
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Pins (left
column) are attached directly to the ribbon of the Bronze Medal, while
the ribbons (right column) are worn centered above any knots over the
left pocket (no more than three to a row),
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Arts and Hobbies: Venturers must complete at
least nine of 12 requirements.
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Outdoor: Venturers must complete at least
four core requirements and two electives that are found in the Ranger
Award requirements.
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Sea Scout: Venturers must earn the Sea Scout
Ordinary rank.
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Sports: Venturers must complete at least
nine of 12 requirements.
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Religious Life: Venturers must complete at
least nine of 12 requirements Formerly the Youth Ministries award, the
name is currently being transitioned.
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Venturing Gold Award
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Venturing Gold Award candidates must be
active and registered Venturers for at least 12 months before final
qualification. They must serve in a leadership role within the 12 months
before final qualification. They must participate in a district,
council, or national Venturing event or activity. They must set and
accomplish one personal goal related to each of the six experience
areas. They must plan and lead at least two crew activities built around
the six experience areas. They must recite the Venturing Oath. Three
letters of recommendation from adults outside of the crew are required,
and teachhe candidate must make an oral presentation to a crew review
committee. Finally, they must be approved and recommended by their crew
committee.
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Venturing Silver Award
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Venturers must be proficient in
emergency preparedness (including standard First Aid, CPR, and Safe Swim
Defense); participate in Ethics in Action; complete the new Venturing
Leadership Skills Course; earn the Venturing Gold Award; and earn at
least one of the five Venturing Bronze awards.
Additional information can be found here. |
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Venturing Ranger Award
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The purpose of the award is to
encourage Venturers to achieve a high level of outdoor skills
proficiency; recognize achievement of this high level of outdoor skills
proficiency; provide a path for outdoor/high-adventure skills training;
establish Rangers as a highly trained leadership resource for crews, Cub
Scouts, Boy Scouts, and the community.
The Ranger Award exemplifies a challenging
high-level outdoor/high-adventure skills advancement program. Once
earned, it will identify a Ranger as someone who is skilled at a variety
of outdoor sports and interest, trained in outdoor safety, and ready to
lead or assist others in activities. Rangers can be great program assets
to Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops.
Ranger candidates must complete eight challenging
core requirements and four of 18 challenging electives.
Additional information can be found here. |
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Sea Scouting Quartermaster Award
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The Sea Scout Quartermaster Award is
the pinnacle award for the Sea Scout cluster of Venturing. The award is
the culmination of dedication and excellence to the ideals of the Sea
Scout program. The medal is rich in symbolism. The blue ribbon stands
for loyalty to country. The compass suggests the importance of a
carefully chosen direction in life. The wheel reminds us that we are
guides of our own future, and the we must preserve with self-discipline.
The first class Scout badge, an emblem of purposeful brotherhood, shows
Sea Scouting as an important part of Scouting traditions. The
anchor reminds us that a truly worthy life is anchored din duty to God.
Quartermaster candidates must earn the three
previous Sea Scout ranks of apprentice, ordinary, and able. During this
time they learn boating safety, leadership, and nautical skills
including boat maintenance, marlinspike seamanship, navigation,
piloting, swimming, and use of ground tackle. After completing the able
rank, one must complete a service project, give back to the Ship
teaching fellow Sea Scouts nautical skills, and further develop their
own practical skills, such as becoming a lifeguard.
Additional information can be found here. |
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The following table displays
Venturing knots available, as well as a few obsolete knots (mostly from
the Explorer program).
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Venturing/Sea Scouting Awards
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Venturing Silver Award
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Sea Scout Quartermaster
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Obsolete Exploring/Venturing Awards
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Explorer Silver Award
(version 1)
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Explorer Silver Award
Explorer Achievement
Explorer GOLD
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Explorer Scout Ranger
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Old Quartermaster
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Air Scout Ace
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General Information
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In March of 1946 the Boy Scouts of America
announced the first six square knot awards. These knots were to replace
the ribbon bars that were being earned at the time. The list of knots has
continued to grow; some awards have been discontinued and others have been
added. At present there are over 30 awards represented by knots. These knots are worn
on the Scouting uniform in place of the plaque or medal that they
represent. Included in the array above are a number that are
no longer awarded, but may still be observed on the uniform of well-tenured
Scouters. It might be worth noting that one does not earn a "knot,"
but, rather, an award represented by a knot on the uniform.
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Bronze:
Sports
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Bronze:
Religious Life |
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Bronze:
Art & Hobby |
Bronze:
Outdoors |
Bronze:
Sea Scout |
Venturing
Silver Award |
Sea
Scout
Quartermaster |
Youth
Religious Award |
Please note the arrangement of the knots; while they are
in no particular order, each row is centered on the
pocket, with a maximum of three in a row.
While there is no maximum number of rows that a Scouter
may wear, you should practice restraint if you happen to
have a good number of awards that you can display.
Any Bronze Awards are displayed above knots that might
be worn on the uniform. No more than five such awards
may be worn at once.
Venturing medals are worn centered on the left pocket
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Knots are sewn centered above the top seam
of the left uniform shirt pocket, in rows of three. There is no specific order for
wearing the knots, however there is a proper way for each knot award
to be displayed. The loop of the embroidered square knot that comes in
front of the standing part is always to the wearer's right. Knots are worn
with the distinguishing color (not white) toward the wearer's right.
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Additional information on these awards
can be found in the Insignia Guide and other Scouting literature.
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