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In addition to being the former Advancement Chairman of Troop 173, Scouter Jesse was also aregistered merit badge counselor for Truck Transportation and Wood Carving for the Northern Lights District of Otetiana Council inc.

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Listed below are the requirments for the merit badges that Jesse is registered for.

Truck Transportation

  1. List the major truck lines serving your town.
  2. Tell the importance of trucks in providing freight service to towns served by no other means. Name some towns in your area served only by trucks.
  3. Describe how trucks fit in with other forms of transportation.
  4. Describe the difference between the gasoline engine and the diesel engine that power trucks. List the advantages of each.
  5. Visit a truck terminal and do the following:
    1. Check the use of communications facilities. What means are used? How does a dispatcher control over- the-road trucks? How does he control local trucks?
    2. Find out from the maintenance department the following: How many miles are engines run between overhauls? How do they get better tire life? How are breakdowns prevented? What maintenance work is done by the company? What work is done outside the company?
    3. Talk with a professional truck driver about safety. List five safe-driving rules s/he follows.
  6. Outline the general organization of a truck company. Describe what each department does.
  7. Do the following:
    1. List five jobs with trucking companies. Describe each.
    2. Talk with the safety director or driver supervisor about the requirements for becoming a professional truck driver.
  8. Name five governmental agencies that regulate trucking. Tell what they regulate.
  9. List five different kinds of trucks. Tell the service each gives.
  10. Assume that you are going to ship 100 pounds from your town to another by truck. Explain in writing how you would handle this shipment from your town to a place 500 miles away. Tell when the things are needed. List what truck lines are used. Yell how the shipment is insured for damage. Tell when it must be made if it is to arrive on time.
  11. Define the following terms;
    1. APU
    2. Bill of Lading
    3. Common carrier
    4. Containerization
    5. ETA
    6. Logbook
    7. Fifth wheel
    8. OS&D
    9. LTL
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Wood Carving
Updated for 2002 requirements
(* Showes new or modified requirements)

  1. Show that you know first aid for injuries and illnesses that could occur while wood carving, including minor cuts and scratches and splinters. * (New requirement)
  2. Do the following: * (New twists to old requirement #3 )
    1. Earn the Totin' Chip recognition. (A Scout should already have earned this )*
    2. Discuss with your merit badge counselor your understanding of the Safety Checklist for Carving*.(New req.)
  3. Do the following: *
    1. Explain to your counselor, orally or in writing, the care and use of five types of tools that you may use in a carving project. (was old requirement #2a)
    2. Tell your counselor how to care for and use several types of sharpening devices, then demonstrate that you know how to use these devices. (was old requirement #2b)
  4. Using a piece of scrap wood or a project on which you are working, show your merit badge counselor that you know how to do the following: * (All new requirement(s)*)
    1. Paring cut *
    2. Basic cut and push cut *
    3. Score line *
    4. Stop cut *
  5. Tell why different woods are used for different projects. Explain why you chose the type of wood you did for your projects in requirements 6 and 7.* (was old requirement #1)
  6. Plan your own or select a project from this merit badge pamphlet and complete a simple carving in the round.*
    (was old requirement #4)
  7. Complete a simple low-relief OR a chip carving project.* (was old requirement #5)

    8. Note : The * indicates change(s) for 2002
    Source: 2002 Boy Scout Requirements,
    #33215E, revised 2002
    As soon as the 2002 Wood Carving Merit Badge pamflet comes out,
    Go Buy this book, You will need what's in it to get your badge

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Some of the text and code for parts of this page of merit badges was obtained in part from the
High Adventure troop 339 of Santa Clara County Council Campbell, California
and the Boy Scouts of America.



Inquiries about merit badge counseling sessions, or about the OA, contact Jesse Doud at:
Jdoud001@rochester.rr.com

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