Patrol Leader

 
Excerpted from BSA Junior Leader Handbook
Copyright 1990, Boy Scouts of America, ISBN 0-8395-3500-7
Revised 1998
 
 
Job description: The patrol leader is the elected leader of his patrol. He represents his patrol on the patrol leaders' council.
 
Reports to: the senior patrol leader. If you're the patrol leader for the new Scout patrol, you'll also work with the troop guide who is assigned to your patrol.

 
Patrol leader duties:
 
  • Appoints the assistant patrol leader
  • Represents his patrol on the patrol leaders' council
  • Plans and steers patrol meetings
  • Helps Scouts advance
  • Acts as the chief recruiter of new Scouts
  • Keeps patrol members informed
  • Knows what his patrol members and other leaders can do
  • Sets the example
  • Wears the uniform correctly
  • Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
  • Shows Scout spirit
 
 
Last Revised 11/26/02
John D. McCarthy