Who are Merit Badge Counselors?
A Scout earns a merit badge by working with a council approved and registered BSA adult counselor, an expert in the subject who is on a list provided by his troop. A Merit Badge counselor is responsible for coaching the boy in developing the badge skills and sitting down with him and going over the requirements to ensure that they have been met to his/her satisfaction. Our troop primarily uses parents for merit badge counselors, but for some specialized badges counselors from outside the troop are used.A current list of counselors can be obtained from the Advancement Chairman or a Scoutmaster.A Scoutmaster will assign the Merit Badge counselor that a scout will work with.TheYouth Protection requirements of Scouting apply for Merit Badge counseling and requires that scouts have another scout (buddy system) or a parent with them when meeting with their Counselor. .
