Scouting Essentials Course

Eligibility – Rover Scouts, Leaders, Volunteers

Max numbers – 26 participants

Scouting Essentials are the ‘survival skills’ for an Adult Leader. They explain how the youth Achievement Pathways work, how to operate a youth led program, the Patrol System, youth empowerment and some initial leadership skills training.

There are two parts to Scouting Essentials. A series of self-paced on demand training modules which must be completed prior to registering for this face-to-face course.
The following online modules can be found at training.scouts.com.au

Scouting Preliminary On Demand:
SP ADULT – I’m and Adult Leader
SP CHILD – Child Safe Scouting
SP METHOD – The Scout Method
SP SAFE – Preliminary ScoutSafe
SP SPICES – Educational Objectives & SPICES
SP WHS – WHS for Scouting
SP YLAS – Youth Leading, Adult Supporting

Scouting Essentials On Demand:
SE ACHIEVE – Achievement Pathways
SE BEHAVE – Managing Behaviors
SE EMPOWER – Youth Empowerment
SE INCLUDE – Being Inclusive
SE PATROL – The Patrols System for One Program
SE PDR – Plan> Do> Review
SE RESILIENCE – Building Resilience
SE SCOUT – I’m a Scout
SE THANKS – Thank you BP
SE YLPROG – Youth Led Programming

Once these have been completed, please register for the Scouting Essentials course. Your GL will be sent an authorisation email to confirm you can attend the course and have met all prerequisites.

Register through ScoutMap HERE. Registrations Close 28 February 2025.

For assistance with ScoutMap please see the Handbook.

For further assistance please lodge a support ticket through ScoutMap or email events@scoutswa.com.au supplying information on the person registering and error or problem preventing registration.  Please note that ScoutMap support tickets are the preferred method of contact and will be responded to as a priority and that assistance will be provided to support you in completing your registration rather than completing registrations on your behalf.