All awards
National Outdoor Achievement Award (Aquatics)
Scouts BSA
2010 requirements, effective August 1, 2010
Requirements
Aquatics. A Scout, Sea Scout, or Venturer may earn the National
Outdoor Badge for Aquatics upon successfully completing the
following requirements:
1.
Earn the Scouts BSA First Class rank or Sea Scout Apprentice rank,
or complete Venturing Ranger Award requirements 1 through 6.
Complete 1 of the following
(a)
First Class
(b)
Apprentice
(c)
Venturing Ranger Award requirements 1 through 6.
2a
Complete the requirements for the Swimming merit badge. (For Sea Scouts, Swimming merit badge requirements are an Ordinary rank requirement.)
2b
Lifesaving merit badge or Venturing Ranger Lifesaver elective
Complete 1 of the following
(i)
Lifesaving MB
(ii)
Venturing Ranger Lifesaver elective
3.
Complete the requirements for the Mile Swim BSA Award.
4.
Do the following:
(a)
Complete the requirements for at least one of the following: Canoeing, Fishing, Fly-Fishing, Kayaking, Rowing, Scuba Diving, Small-Boat Sailing, Water Sports, or Whitewater merit badge or Venturing Ranger Fishing, Scuba, or Watercraft electives.
Complete 1 of the following
(i)
Canoeing merit badge
(ii)
Fishing merit badge
(iii)
Fly-Fishing merit badge
(iv)
Kayaking merit badge
(v)
Rowing merit badge
(vi)
Scuba Diving merit badge
(vii)
Small-Boat Sailing
(viii)
Water Sports merit badge
(ix)
Whitewater merit badge
(x)
Ranger Award Fishing elective
(xi)
Ranger Award Scuba elective
(xii)
Ranger Award Watercraft elective
(b)
Complete at least 25 hours of on-the-water time, applying the skills that you learned in the merit badge or Ranger elective.
5.
Complete at least 50 hours of any combination of swimming,
canoeing, fishing, fly-fishing, kayaking, rowing, scuba diving,
small-boat sailing, stand up paddleboarding, water sports, or
whitewater activity under the auspices of the Boy Scouts of
America, including time spent in requirements 2 through 4.
A gold device may be earned for each additional 25 hours of aquatics activity listed in requirement 5. A silver device is earned for each additional 100 hours of aquatics activity. The youth may wear any combination of devices totaling his or her current number of hours of aquatics activity.