Scouts can help out their troop and learn to lead others by taking on positions of responsibility. Four months of active service in a position is required to advance from First Class to Star, and Six months is required to advance from Star to Life or from Life to Eagle.
Available Positions (Troop 162 specific duties are mentioned here, other duties are mentioned in the Scouting America official literature):
- Senior Patrol Leader*
- Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
- In Troop 162, we have more than one ASPL, each one manages a different part of the staff
- Patrol Leader*
- The patrol leader of the new scout patrol may serve a shorter term of office to provide other scouts an opportunity to learn.
- Troop Guide
- Troop guides help lead the monthly "Trailhead Tuesday" meeting.
- Quartermaster
- The Quartermaster organizes the monthly Quartermaster Workday where each patrol sends a representative to help maintain the troop equipment.
- Scribe
- The Scribe also helps prepare the PLC for the quarterly long-term planning meetings
- Instructor
- Our instructors are expected to provide one troop skill instruction lesson per month
- Webmaster
- Our webmaster manages this wiki as well as our public homepage
- Librarian
- Historian
- Our historian helps take care of the flags and our ribbons/awards, as well as maintaining our photo collection.
- Bugler (counts for Star or Life only)
- Den Chief
- We try to work with Packs 126 and/or 162, contact the Scoutmaster for information
*Elected Position
Scouts who would like to be considered for an appointed position should talk to the Senior Patrol Leader
Scouts in positions of responsibility should be assigned a position mentor.