NOTE: These requirements, and those for Tenderfoot and Second Class may be worked on simultaneously; however these ranks must be earned in sequence.

1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass. Scouts must be able to find direction in the day and night using methods that do not involve a compass.
2. Using a compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least one mile and requires measuring the height and/or width of designated items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.) Scout must complete the orienteering course at the Scout Shack or a similar course.
3. Since joining, have participated in ten separate troop/patrol activities (other than troop/patrol meetings), three of which included camping overnight. Scout must have participated in at least ten separate Troop or Patrol activities (not including Troop or Patrol meetings). Campouts, Court of Honors, Troop Community Service and Fundraising Projects, and Patrol Outings will count for this Requirement. At least three of these activities must include camping over night. These activities must be listed in your Scout Handbook to be signed off. 
4. a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner and that requires cooking at least two meals.  Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs. Scout must participate in planning a menu for a campout that includes at least one breakfast, lunch, and dinner and be able to tell how the menu meets nutritional needs.
4. b. Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and secure the ingredients. Scout must make a list of the food amounts and costs for the menu in Requirement 4a and then purchase the ingredients for at least three Scouts.
4. c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals. Scout must list which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve the meals from Requirement 4a and make sure they are brought on the campout. 
4. d. Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products.  Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic containers, and other rubbish. Scout must be able to tell the proper way to handle and store fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products. Scout also must be able to explain proper disposal of trash on campouts.
4. e. On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook.  Supervise your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned in requirement 4a.  Lead your patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise cleanup. Scout must be the cook for all of the meals they bought food for, for the menu planned in Requirement 4a, must lead GRACE at the meals, and supervise the clean up of the meals.
5. Visit and discuss with a selected individual approved by your leader (elected official, judge, attorney, civil servant, principal, teacher) your constitutional rights and obligations as a U.S. citizen. Scout must produce a note from the individual they spoke with to get this Requirement signed off. Parents may not talk to their own sons to meet this Requirement.
6. Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of native plants found in your community. Scout must be able to name at least 10 kinds of WILD plants that live in the area of Los Angeles.
7. a. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings. Scout must be able to give at least three examples of when a lashing should be used and three examples of when to use a knot instead of a lashing. Scouts who earn the Pioneering Merit Badge can automatically get this Requirement signed off.
7. b. Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together. Scout must be able to correctly tie a timber hitch and clove hitch and use these knots while lashing two or more poles together using a shear, square, or diagonal lashing. Tying a lashing that uses both a clove hitch AND timber hitch during a Camporee event will satisfy this Requirement. Scouts who earn the Pioneering Merit Badge can automatically get this Requirement signed off.
7. c. Use lashing to make a useful camp gadget. Scout must tie at least one lashing to make a gadget that would be useful on a campout or build something by tying at least one lashing during a Camporee event where something is built. Scouts who earn the Pioneering Merit Badge can automatically get this Requirement signed off.
8. a. Demonstrate tying the bowline knot and describe several ways it can be used. Scout must be able to tie a bowline and tell several ways that it can be used.
8. b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle. and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone. Scout must actually tie proper bandages for a sprained ankle, head (scalp) injury, upper arm, and collarbone using a triangular bandage.
8. c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person:
   • from a smoke-filled room
   • with a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards.

   Scout must demonstrate how to properly transport a person on their own from a smoke filled room and with one other person carry a person with a simulated sprained ankle at least 25 yards. 

8. d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Scout must be able to tell the five most common signs of a heart attack and tell the steps to be taken when performing CPR.
9. a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe trip afloat. Scout must be able to tell the points in the BSA Safety Afloat Plan. Scouts who earn the Canoeing, Small Boat Sailing, Rowboating, or Motorboating Merit Badge may automatically have this Requirement signed off.
9. b. Successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. Scout must be able to complete the BSA Swimmer Test. This is the test given at Emerald Bay, but can be done in a pool or other body of water. Scouts who earn the Swimming Merit Badge may automatically have this Requirement signed off.
9. c. With a helper and a practice victim, show a line rescue both as tender and rescuer.  (The practice victim should be approximately 30 feet from shore in deep water.) Scout must simulate the rescue of a victim in water over their head as both tender and rescuer. Two rescues, one in each position, must be done to complete this Requirement. Scouts who earn the Swimming Merit Badge may automatically have this Requirement signed off.
10. Demonstrate scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. This Requirement is done at the Scoutmaster's Conference. Scout must be able to recite the Scout Oath and Law from memory and be able to give several examples from their personal life at Scouts, at school, at home, or in the community that show that they live the Scout Oath and Law in their everyday life. Scouts who have three or more minor write ups or one or more major write ups or have been charged or convicted of a crime in the previous three months will not be signed off on this requirement. 
11. Participate in a Scoutmaster conference. Scout must contact the Scoutmaster to arrange a Scoutmaster's Conference when all Requirements for First Class EXCEPT 10, 11 and 12 are signed off by an authorized Adult or Scout. 
12. Complete your board of review. Scout must CALL the Troop Advancement Chair AFTER COMPLETING the Scoutmaster's Conference to arrange for a Board of Review.

NOTE: Alternate Requirements for the First Class rank are available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities if they meet the criteria listed in the Boy Scout Requirements book. (No. 33215F)

Please note that Requirement 12 - (Complete your Board of Review) MAY be done AFTER the Scout' has reached age 18.  All other requirements must be completed BEFORE the Scout's 18th Birthday.