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2017 - 2018

Assistant Patrol Leader Position Description:

• Help the patrol leader plan and lead patrol meetings and activities.
• Help the patrol leader keep patrol members informed.
• Help the patrol leader prepare the patrol to take part in all troop activities.
• Lead the patrol in the patrol leader’s absence.
• Show and help develop patrol spirit.
• Represent the patrol at all patrol leaders’ council meetings in the patrol leader’s absence.
• Work with other troop leaders to make the troop run well.
• Set a good example.• Wear the Scout uniform correctly.
• Live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

2018 - Current

The assistant senior patrol leader should be a strong ally for you, someone who can be relied upon to help the troop move forward. When selecting your assistant senior patrol leader(s), you should consider someone with whom you work well, in addition to considering their ability to do the job. You will keep the assistant senior patrol leader(s) fully informed about what is going on with the troop and can use them as a sounding board when you must make tough decisions.

Among specific duties, the assistant senior patrol leader trains and provides direction to the troop quartermaster, scribe, historian, librarian, instructors, and Order of the Arrow representative; and also takes charge of the troop whenever you are not available. The assistant senior patrol leader is not a member of a patrol while in that position but may participate in high- adventure activities of a Venturing crew. Large troops may have more than one assistant senior patrol leader, each appointed by you, as the senior patrol