Second Class is the second rank a Boy Scout can earn. He earns it after Tenderfoot. The requirements for Second Class continue to teach the youth to the skills he needs to advance in Boy Scouting.
The Second Class requirements may be worked on simultaneously with the requirements for Tenderfoot and First Class; these ranks must still be earned in sequence though.
Printable copy of Second Class Rank Requirements
Helps for specific requirements:
- Second Class Requirement 1a – Map Reading
- Second Class Requirement 1b – Five Mile Hike
- Second Class Requirement 2 – Leave No Trace
- Second Class Requirement 3a – Five Activities
- Second Class Requirement 3b – Site Selection
- Second Class Requirement 3c – Totin Chip
- Second Class Requirement 3d – Cooking Fire
- Second Class Requirement 3e – Fires and Stoves
- Second Class Requirement 3f – Fires and Stoves Part 2
- Second Class Requirement 3g – Camp Cooking
- Second Class Requirement 4 – Flag Ceremony
- Second Class Requirement 5 – Service Project
- Second Class Requirement 6 – Wildlife Identification
- Second Class Requirement 7a – Hurry Cases
- Second Class Requirement 7b – Personal First Aid Kit
- Second Class Requirement 7c – General First Aid
- Second Class Requirement 8a – Safe Swim Defense
- Second Class Requirement 8b – Swimming Ability
- Second Class Requirement 8c – Rescue Techniques
- Second Class Requirement 9a – Drug and Alcohol Awareness
- Second Class Requirement 9b – Three Rs of Personal Safety
- Second Class Requirement 10 – Financial Responsibility
- Second Class Requirement 11 – Living the Scout Oath and Law
- Second Class Requirement 12 – Scoutmaster Conference
- Second Class Requirement 13 – Board of Review






