Sea Scout Youth Training follows the following sequence:
1. Rank Advancement Training - Apprentice, Ordinary, Able, Quartermaster
2. Venture Leader Specific Training - youth wear VLST patch instead of TRAINED but only on Venture Uniforms not Sea Scout!
3. SEAL (Sea Scout Advanced Leadership) Training
3. Catoctin Sea Scout Training Weekend (January in Maryland)
5. Drugs: A Deadly Game
6. Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat Training
7. Venturing Out: Keys to Safe Driving
8. Youth Protection Training - ONLINE
9. Small Boat Handler
10. Qualified Seaman
11. U. S. Sailing Certifications
12. United States Coast Guard and USCG Auxillary Certifications
13. U. S. Power Boating Certifications
Adult Leader
Sea Scout Adult Leader Training follows the following sequence:
1. Venture Leader Fast Start Program & Video (AV-03V013)
2. New Leader Essentials
3. Youth Protection Training - ONLINE
4. Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat Training
5. Venture Leader Specific Training
6. Sea Scout Officers Specialized Training
7. Seabadge
8. Catoctin Sea Scout Training Weekend (January in Maryland)
Requirements: Sea Scouting Adult Awards
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Note: These knots may be worn with a pin to indicate the program
area in which it was earned.(The pin is much smaller than shown.)
Skipper's Key Award
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Training
1. Complete the New Leader Essentials, No. 34-870, and Venturing Position Specific Training, No. 33-491C.
2. Complete the Sea Scout Officers Specialized Training, No. 25-339.
3. Complete a boating safety course offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadron, or similar organization.
Tenure
Complete three years of registered tenure as a Skipper within a five-year period.
Performance
At least twice during the 3-year period serve as the Skipper of a ship earning the National Quality Unit Award or its equivalent.
Certification
The Ship Committee Chair and Commissioner must approve the Skipper's application for a Skipper's Key.
Sea Scouter's Training Award
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Training
1. Complete the New Leader Essentials, No. 34-870, and Venturing Position Specific Training, No. 33-491C.
2. Complete the Sea Scout Officers Specialized Training, No. 25-339.
3. Complete a boating safety course offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadron, or similar organization.
Tenure
Complete three years of registered tenure in any adult capacity in Sea Scouting.
Performance
Perform to the satisfaction of the Skipper your assigned leadership duties.
Certification
The Skipper and Commissioner must approve all applications.
Sea Badge Award
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In 1970, a group of experienced Sea Scout officers met at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Their purpose was to explore the possibilities of an advanced management training experience for Sea Scout ship and administrative leaders. The result of this meeting was the Sea Scout Seabadge Conference.
A curriculum was developed and the first Seabadge Conference was held a year later at the U.S. Coast Guard training facility on Governor's Island, Alameda, California. The program was repeated a few months later at the U.S. Coast Guard Station, Los Angeles, California, and then spread throughout the Northeast region and the Midwest.
Recognizing the value of the program, the national committee on Sea Scouting appointed a special committee to gather the best techniques from the courses that had been conducted and consolidate them into a standard Seabadge Conference Guide. Further refinements led to this guidebook, which represents the official Seabadge Conference outline for the Boy Scouts of America. The current version was updated in 2002.
Purpose
1. To improve the understanding of leadership, management, and motivation among selected experienced Sea Scout adult volunteer leaders.
2. To provide management, leadership, and presentation skills and tools to these leaders so that they may use them and share them with others in their day-to-day activities and through leading a Seabadge conference.
3. To use this understanding and these skills and tools to improve and expand both the quality and quantity of the Sea Scout program as a way to reach the Aims of Scouting.
Prerequisites
1. Approval by the local Scouting Council.
2. Complete the New Leader Essentials, No. 34-870, and Venturing Position Specific Training, No. 33-491C.
3. Complete the Sea Scout Officers Specialized Training, No. 25-339, if available for the adult's position.
4. Willing to apply the skills and knowledge obtained through the Seabadge Conference to strengthen Sea Scouting.
Tenure
Currently registered in an adult Sea Scouting position for not less than one continuous year.
Other
The Seabadge conference is an official part of the Venturing leader training program of the Boy Scouts of America. As such, this conference guide should be followed carefully in the presentation of the conference material. Minor adjustments may be necessary because of the portion of the country involved, but care should be taken that all learning objectives are met for each conference period.
Additional information on these awards can be found in the respective literature.