First Class is the third rank a Boy Scout can earn. He earns it after Second Class The requirements for First Class continue to teach the youth to the skills he needs to advance in Boy Scouting.
The First Class requirements may be worked on simultaneously with the requirements for Tenderfoot and Second Class; these ranks must still be earned in sequence though.
Printable copy of First Class Rank Requirements
Helps for specific requirements:
- First Class Requirement 1 – Find Directions without a Compass
- First Class Requirement 2 – Orienteering
- First Class Requirement 3 – Ten Activities
- First Class Requirement 4a – Patrol Menu
- First Class Requirement 4b – Grubmaster Duties
- First Class Requirement 4c – Cooking Gear
- First Class Requirement 4d – Food Safety
- First Class Requirement 4e – Patrol Cook
- First Class Requirement 5 – Rights and Duties of US Citizens
- First Class Requirement 6 – Native Plants
- First Class Requirement 7a – Knowledge of Knots and Lashings
- First Class Requirement 7b – Make a Camp Gadget
- First Class Requirement 8a – Bowline Knot
- First Class Requirement 8b – Bandages
- First Class Requirement 8c – Rescue from a Smoke Filled Room
- First Class Requirement 8d – Heart Attack Knowledge
- First Class Requirement 9a – Safety Afloat
- First Class Requirement 9b – BSA Swimmer Test
- First Class Requirement 9c – Water Rescue Methods
- First Class Requirement 10 – Invite a Friend
- First Class Requirement 11 – Internet Safety
- First Class Requirement 12 – Living the Scout Oath and Law
- First Class Requirement 13 – Scoutmaster Conference
- First Class Requirement 14 – Board of Review
