These courses are required for all new registered leaders & volunteers and must be retaken every two years to maintain registration. A login is required, but anyone may create a user account and view the courses. Registered members of the BSA may provide their member numbers (as part of the user profile) to receive credit.

Boy Scouting is a boy-led, boy-run program, but the boys must be trained to be leaders. Adult role models in Scouting provide an ideal learning experience for all youth. Every adult volunteer has something valuable to offer. On a typical weekend campout, Scouts might work with an adult volunteer who teaches the Fishing merit badge and with a Scout mom to learn orienteering, go on a 5-mile hike with another adult leader, and end the day learning how to clean and cook fresh fish from someone else.

Use the Online Learning Center link for the following training courses:

• Boy Scout Leader Fast Start

• Youth Protection Training

• Trek Safely

• Hazardous Weather - Planning and Preparing

• This is Scouting (Replaces New Leader Essentials)

• Safe Swim Defense

• Safety Afloat

• The Committee Challenge

 

Merit Badge Couselor Interest & Training & Interest

• Interest Worksheet

• BSA Merit Badge Counselor training

• Blue Card instructions

 

Check this link to the Pacific Harbors Council web site to learn more about training classes that are not available online. These training opportunities include:

• Boy Scout Leader Specific Training

• Wood Badge

• Powderhorn

• University of Scouting