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Troop 31 – Leadership Duties and Responsibilities
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The following duties and responsibilities are associated with all leadership positions in Troop 31:
- Good attendance – when you can not attend, you must let the appropriate people know that you will not be in attendance (the person to whom you report and
your assistant, if applicable)
- Set a good example
- Wear the Scout uniform correctly
- Live by the Scout Oath and Law
- Show Scout Spirit
TYPES OF POSITIONS
Positions may be broadly divided into three categories:
- Leading positions – Senior Patrol Leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader, Assistant
Patrol Leader. Leading positions require of lot of interaction with other Scouts, including directing other Scouts as to what needs to be done and teaching.
- Teaching position – Troop Guide. This position is primarily a teaching position.
- Technical positions – Chaplain Aide, Troop Quartermaster, Historian / Librarian, Scribe. These
positions are focused on specific duties that must be performed in order for the Troop to function smoothly.
SENIOR PATROL LEADER
Job Description: The senior patrol leader is elected by the Scouts to represent them as the top
Scout leader in the troop.
Reports To: The Scoutmaster.
Senior Patrol Leader Duties:
- Directs all troop meetings, events, activities, and annual program planning conference.
- Directs the Patrol Leaders’ Council Meetings
- Appoints other troop junior leaders with the advice and counsel of the Scoutmaster.
- Assigns duties and responsibilities to junior leaders.
- Assists Scoutmaster with Junior Leader Training.
PATROL LEADER
Job Description: The patrol leader is the elected leader of the patrol. He represents his patrol on the Patrol Leaders’ Council.
Reports To: The Senior Patrol Leader.
Patrol Leader Duties:
- Appoints the Assistant Patrol leader
- Represents the patrol on the patrol leaders’ council
- Plans and steers patrol meetings
- Helps Scouts advance (knows what the members of his patrol need in order to advance!)
- Keeps patrol members informed
ASSISTANT SENIOR PATROL LEADER
Job Description: The assistant senior patrol leader is the second highest ranking junior leader in
the Troop. The assistant senior patrol leader acts as the senior patrol leader in the absence of the senior patrol leader or when called upon. He also provides leadership to other junior leaders in the Troop.
Reports To: The Senior Patrol Leader.
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader Duties:
- Helps the senior patrol leader lead meetings and activities.
- Runs the troop in the absence of the senior patrol leader.
- Helps train and supervise the troop scribe, quartermaster, instructor, librarian, historian, and the chaplain aide.
- Serves as a member of the patrol leaders’ council.
ASSISTANT PATROL LEADER
Job Description: The assistant patrol leader is appointed by the patrol leader and leads the patrol in his absence.
Reports To: The Patrol Leader
Assistant Patrol Leader Duties:
- Helps the patrol leader plan and steer patrol meetings and activities
- Helps him keep patrol members informed
- Helps the patrol get ready for all Troop activities
- Represents his patrol at patrol leaders’ council meetings when the patrol leader cannot attend.
- Lends a hand controlling the patrol and building patrol spirit.
TROOP GUIDE
Job Description: The Troop Guide works with new Scouts. He helps them feel comfortable and earn their First Class Rank in their first year.
Reports To: The Scoutmaster or the Assistant Scoutmaster for the New Scouts
Troop Guide Duties:
- Introduces new Scouts to troop operations
- Guides new Scouts through early Scouting activities
- Helps new Scouts earn First Class in their first year
- Teaches basic Scout skills, attends campouts
- Attends the patrol leaders’ council meetings
- Assists the assistant Scoutmaster with training
TROOP QUARTERMASTER
Job Description: The quartermaster keeps track of troop equipment and sees that it is in good working order.
Reports To: The Scoutmaster.
Quartermaster Duties:
- Keeps records on patrol and troop equipment.
- Makes sure equipment is in good working condition.
- Issues equipment and makes sure it’s returned in good condition.
- Makes suggestions for new or replacement items.
- Works with the troop committee member responsible for equipment.
CHAPLAIN AIDE
Job Description: The chaplain aide works with the troop chaplain to meet the religious needs of Scouts in the troop. He also works to promote the religious emblems program.
Reports To: The Scoutmaster.
Chaplain Aide Duties:
- Tells Scouts about the religious emblem program for their faith.
- Helps plan for religious observance in troop activities.
TROOP SCRIBE
Job Description: The Scribe records the activities of the patrol leaders’ council. He writes letters of appreciation to volunteers.
Reports To: The Scoutmaster
Troop Scribe Duties:
- Attends and keeps log of patrol leaders’ council meetings
- Writes letters of appreciation to volunteers.
LIBRARIAN / HISTORIAN
Job Description: The Librarian/ Historian takes care of troop literature and keeps a historical record or scrapbook of troop activities.
Reports To: The Scoutmaster.
Librarian / Historian Duties:
- Sets up and takes care of a troop library
- Keeps records of books and pamphlets owned by the troop
- Adds new or replacement items as needed
- Keeps books and pamphlets available for borrowing
- Keeps a system for checking books and pamphlets in and out
- Follows up on late returns
- Gathers pictures and facts about past troop activities and keeps them in a historical file or scrapbook.
- Takes care of troop trophies, ribbons, and souvenirs of troop activities.
Troop 31
Patrol Leader’s Duties at Campout
- □ Day Of Campout
- □ PLs know upon arrival at 104 Belle
Meade how many Troop tents and what Troop equipment the Grubmaster needs.
- □ Each patrol leader arrives with a roster of scouts attending
campout, and newspaper for starting camp fire.
- □ Each patrol member arrives with: a $10 bill and 10 $1 dollar
bills to pay the Grubmaster; and if backpacking, space in backpack for patrol gear.
- □ Each patrol gets from Quartermaster:
- □ Dining fly.
- □ Camp saw.
- □ Any cooking equipment that they need.
- □ Plastic sheeting to cover fire wood.
- □ Extra tent stakes.
- □ If backpacking, PL must review contents and packing of new scout backpacks.
- □ If backpacking, food and Troop gear needs to be divided up, and
packed in each scout’s backpack before loading into cars.
- □ Grubmasters collect money from scouts and adults.
- □ At Campsite
- □ PL instructs patrol to do the following:
- □ Arrange tents together as a patrol.
- □ Begin cooking dinner at least 2 hours before sunset (typically begin around 4:00 pm).
- □ Patrol to eat meals together. Scouts are dismissed from meal
when all cooking equipment is clean and put away.
- □ Patrol camps together. When tents are set up:
- □ PL assigns these tasks to patrol members:
- □ Gather wood.
- □ Dig fire pit.
- □ Gather and prepare wood for morning fire.
- □ Cover wood.
- □ Set up dining fly.
- □ Grubmaster assigns these tasks to patrol members:
- □ Scouts to prepare meals.
- □ Scouts to clean up after meals.
- □ Grubmaster must locate adults assigned to patrol for meals. Serve adults meals.
- □ Returning from Campout
- □ At Campsite
- □ If car camping, Scouts pack
all Troop gear and stow it in trailer before scouts pack their personal gear.
- □ If backpacking, Troop equipment packed in top of packs for easy access.
- □ Perform campsite sweep.
- □ At 104 Belle Meade
- □ All Troop equipment to be checked by Quartermaster prior to storing.
- □ All tents and dining flies (no matter what condition they are
thought to be in) to be hung in upstairs storage room. Storage room to be locked when we leave.
- □ Scout closet must be left neat and tidy. Adult Campout
Coordinator responsible for leaving it in perfect condition for the next campout.
- □ Roll Call after equipment is stowed.
- □ When the SPL dismisses the scouts, then and only then, they may leave for home.
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