Sea Scout Advisor - training opportunities:
Required for all Scouters:
Y01 - Youth Protection Training – Venturing Version (on-line)
As a Venturing Advisor, you are an important figure in the lives of your crew members. They are likely to turn to you for advice and guidance, or to tell you about problems they face in their lives. They may come to you about their problems before they talk to their parents about them
Required for your Scouting position:
PFS – Venturing Fast Start (on-line)
This is the first step for any volunteer new to Venturing. Take this course immediately after you register. You are introduced to the aims and purposes of the BSA’s coeducational program for youth ages 14-20. The one-hour course explains how the program works to deliver a relevant and compelling program.
P30 – Sea Scout Leader Specific Training – (Currently not offered in SE Wisconsin Council) This training introduces the new adult ship leader to Sea Scouting by providing basic information needed to successfully operate a ship. This information includes the purpose and mission of Sea Scouting; characteristics of Sea Scout-aged youth; organization and leadership of the ship; and program planning and officer training. Topics include Sea Scout experience areas, Skipper’s responsibilities, understanding and protecting youth, Ship leadership and organization, awards and recognition and resources and program planning.
D75 – Health and Safety Course
This is a 90-minute training session emphasizing the “Sweet 16 of Safety” in detail. This course is to be completed by all unit leaders, and district and council staff. All leaders should receive this training every two years.
SA – Safety Afloat
In Safety Afloat, you will review the boating safety unit, Safety Afloat, and cover the nine defenses for safe boating activity. Please note that review of either or both of these units online is considered helpful but does not meet all the BSA qualifications for conducting water-related programs. For more, and before conducting any waterfront or boating activities, contact your local council.
Weather Hazards (on-line)
At least one Scouter on an outdoor event must have taken this new on-line course, to insure the safety of your unit in the event of bad weather. Scouting rules have recently changed regarding lightning events, and issues regarding tornadoes, lightning, flooding, hot and cold weather, hail and hurricanes are covered in this session. This training is mandatory for at least one adult on each tour.
Optional Courses:
A01 - This is Scouting (on-line)
“This is Scouting” is a great 50 minute overview of Scouting. It has hundreds of images of fun Scouting activities, showing Cub, Boy and Venture Scouting. “This is Scouting” is a great video not only for Scouters, but for parents of Scouts. You may want to direct parents to the site for this overview. It will help them understand what Scouting is all about. Parents do not need a BSA membership number to create a MyScouting e-learning account. They can log into MyScouting e-learning to take the course. (If they later become a registered Scouter, they should notify your Pack Trainer or the Scout office that they have taken “This is Scouting” to get training credit.)
Topics covered include: the mission, values and vision of Scouting, the advancement program, different Scouting programs for young people ages 7-20, type and level of adult involvement in different phases of Scouting, what youth and adults get out of being in Scouting, how to provide a fun program for youth and adults, outdoors, community service, and Youth Protection.
A90 - Wood Badge
Upon completion of Leader-Specific Training, an adult is eligible to attend the course Wood Badge for the 21st Century. Over two three-day weekends, Scouters, assigned to patrols, participate in intensive leadership and team development training. Once the training is complete, the practical portion begins: completing the Wood Badge ticket. Over a period up to eighteen months, participants complete various Scouting projects which they have designed. Skills and concepts covered by the course include: Bringing the Vision to Life, Models for Success, Tools of the Trade, Leading to Make a Difference and Living the Values. Wood Badge draws upon the most current leadership models being used by corporate America, academic circles and successful outdoor leadership organizations throughout the country.
P50 – Powder Horn Training – (Currently not offered in SE Wisconsin Council)
Powder Horn Training is a training opportunity designed to expose the Venturing or Boy Scout leader to activities and resources necessary to operate a successful Venturing Ranger Award or Troop High Adventure program. The course provides an introduction to the resources necessary to successfully lead their Venturers and older Boy Scouts through a program of high adventure. Familiarizes the Advisor with the Ranger program so that he or she can help the Venturer to meet the requirements of the Ranger Award This course is based on the Venturing Ranger requirements giving participants an exposure to outdoor/high adventure activities.
ScoutParents Unit Coordinator Fast Start (on-line)
This new unit position is a liaison between parents and the unit. The ScoutParents Unit Coordinator works to get parents more involved in the unit. Other duties involve providing an orientation on how the unit works, and keeping parents updated on upcoming unit activities and events. The Fast Start for ScoutParents Unit Coordinator can be accessed under the “General” tab in MyScouting e-learning.
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