Organization of Senior

Scout Outfit & Crew Boy

Scout Troop & Patrol
 Your Scout Crew / Patrol
 As a Scout you belong to a crew / patrol.
 It is a group not more than 8 scouts bound together
by a common interest & friendship.
 For Senior Scout, the group is called a CREW.
 For Boy Scout, it is called a PATROL.
 In the crew/patrol where the scout learns to accept
responsibilities, leadership & comradeship.
 In the crew/patrol, everybody is required to work
not only as an individual, but as one team working
side by side.
 The crew / patrol is composed of eight
scouts, each having a responsibility of
his own
1. CREW/PATROL LEADER
 The person whom the group looks up & depends
on.
 He must be reliable & efficient.
 In charge of leading the group through thick & thin
 Leads the group by his initiative & personal
example, in Scoutcraft knowledge as well as in
Scout Spirit.
 Also encourages the members in doing their
advancement.
2. ASSISTANT CREW/PATROL LEADER
 Next in rank to the Crew/Patrol Leader in authority,
responsibility & experience.
 He takes charge of the group whenever the leader
is not available.
 He always support the leader in every activities &
meeting.
3. CREW / PATROL SCRIBE
 Keeps the record & logbooks.
 It contains records of activities & achievements of
the groups.
 He must keep attendance.
 He must also have a complete list of each member.
4. CREW / PATROL TREASURER
 He must be an exceptionally trustworthy scout
because he collects the dues & keeps the
money to se spent on various Scouting needs.

5. CREW / PATROL QUARTERMASTER

 Takes charge of the group’s properties &
equipments
 Also responsible for the transportation
facilities needed during hikes & camps.
6. CREW / PATROL GRUBMASTER
 During hiking & camping trips, the grubmaster
prepares the menus for the meals of your group.
 He also takes charge of maintaining sanitation.

7. CREW / PATROL CHEERLEADER

 Also known as the Morale Booster
 He is perhaps the funniest guy in the group.
 From time to time, he teaches & leads the group
in singing, cheering & yelling.
 Whenever the morale of the group goes down, he
always comes up with a smile.
8. CREW / PATROL HIKEMASTER
 Responsible for surveying all prospective
camping & outdoor activity sites.
 He takes charge of the group’s outside
activities.
 He also guides the group during its hiking
activities.
 Four crews usually form a Senior Scout Outfits;
while four patrols of boy scouts form a Troop.
Both scout units are guided by adult leaders.
1. OUTFIT ADVISOR (for Senior Scout Outfits) /
TROOP LEADER (for Boy Scout Troops)
 Adult leader of the unit.
 Helps the boy leaders make the Patrol / Crew System
succeed in the troop.
 He assist & encourages each individual Scout to grow
through advancement
 He works with & through responsible adults to ‘give
better Scouting to more boys’.
 His leadership is more personal than giving direction.
2. ASSISTANT OUTFIT ADVISORS (for
Senior Scout) / ASSISTANT TROOP
LEADERS (for Boy Scout)
 They generally assist their unit leader in his job.
 2 or more assistant unit leaders are more
desirable.
 One is assigned to handle Program &
Activities, & another may take care of physical
arrangements, troop records, meeting rooms,
supplies & equipments.
 The latter assists the unit leader in matters
pertaining to Administration & Supply.
3. SENIOR CREW LEADER / SENIOR PATROL
LEADER
 The real leader of an outfit or a troop is still a boy.
 He is the Senior Crew Leader of the outfit or the Senior
Patrol Leader of a troop.
 He is the chairman of the Crew / Patrol leaders’
Council.
 He reports directly to his unit leader.
 He does his best to help Crew/Patrol Leaders with their
responsibilities.
 He is elected as the highest boy leader of his unit,
because of his leadership ability & his achievements.
 He plans & implements the activities of his unit.
4. ASSISTANT SENIOR CREW LEADERS /
ASSISTANT SENIOR PATROL LEADERS
 They take charge of the Outfit/ Crew in the
absence of the Senior Crew Leader / Senior Patrol
Leader.
 2 or more assistants make operation of the unit
more effective.
 One may be assigned as the outfit / Troop Scribe.
 Though this function may be seperated.
 Keeps a record of all activities & decisions of the unit in
the logbook.
 Keeps a record of each member & writes letters related
to Scouting when necessary.
 Collects dues & records contributions received.
4. ASSISTANT SENIOR CREW LEADERS /
ASSISTANT SENIOR PATROL
LEADERS (cont.)
 Another may be assigned to serve as the
Outfit / troop Quartermaster.
 Takes charge & keeps inventory of all the unit’s
equipment.
 Responsible for the maintenance & sanitation of
the meeting room.
 In camp, he works with the assistant unit leader in
charge of supplies & physical arrangements.
5. OUTFIT / TROOP COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN & MEMBERS
 Operate like a “Board of Director” concerned
primarily with policy, interpreting the Sponsoring
institution’s objectives & integrating it with those of
Scouting.
 Provide moral & material support to the Outfit /
Troop.
 One or more Kab Scout Kawan, Boy Scout Troop,
senior Scout outfit & Rover Scout Circle belongs
to a Sponsoring Institution, which may either be a
school, a church, a club, a group of people,
among others.
6. INSTITUTIONAL HEAD
 Lend the support of the institution to further Scouting
as a whole.
 He or she represents the sponsoring institution in the
local council.
7. INSTITUTIONAL SCOUT REPRESENTATIVE
 Coordinate the operation of the units sponsored by the
institution
 Facilitates the provision of support & ensures the
fulfillment of the obligations of a sponsoring institution
to the units they sponsor.
 Represents the institution in the District / Area
Scouting Committee.
 MANILA COUNCIL, BSP

Is further divided into eight areas. Each area

has 2 district. Our district is

DISTRICT 3 – B, MANILA COUNCIL, BSP

One Sponsoring Institution in District 3-B is

CHIANG KAI SHEK COLLEGE