A Variety of Awards are Available in
Venturing
  Venturing
Bronze Award
There are five different Venturing Bronze awards: Arts and Hobbies,
Outdoor, Sea Scouts, Sports, and Religious Life. All five Bronze
awards contain the common elements of experience, learning a
skill, and sharing experiences and skills with others. Earning
at least one Venturing Bronze Award is required for the Venturing
Gold Award. The Venturing Bronze Award is designed as the first
tier in the advancement track for Venturers so they can acquire
usable skills that will carry them along the trail to the Venturing
Silver Award.
The Venturing Bronze Award is a colorful, campaign-style ribbon
that may be worn on the Sea Scout or Venturing uniform. If all
five are earned, all five may be worn on the uniform. The ribbons
have an icon representing the area in which it was earned superimposed
on the ribbon.
 Venturing
Gold Award
Venturing Gold Award candidates must be active and registered
Venturers for at least 12 months before final qualification.
They must serve in a leadership role within the 12 months before
final qualification. They must participate in a district, council,
or national Venturing event or activity. They must set and accomplish
one personal goal in each of the six areas. They must plan and
lead at least two crew activities. They must recite the Venturing
Oath. Three letters of recommendation from adults outside of
the crew are required, and the candidate must make an oral presentation
to a crew review committee. Finally, they must be approved and
recommended by their crew committee.
 Venturing
Silver Award
Venturers must be proficient in emergency preparedness (including
standard first aid, CPR, and Safe Swim Defense), participate
in Ethics in Action, complete the Venturing Leadership Skills
Course, earn the Venturing Gold Award, and earn at least one
of the five Venturing Bronze awards.
 Venturing
Ranger Award
The purpose of the award is to encourage Venturers to achieve
a high level of outdoor skills proficiency; recognize achievement
of this high level of outdoor skills proficiency; provide a path
for outdoor/high-adventure skills training; and establish Rangers
as a highly trained leadership resource for crews, Cub Scouts,
Boy Scouts, and the community.
Ranger candidates must complete eight challenging core requirements:
- First Aid
- Emergency Preparedness
- Leave No Trace
- Land Navigation
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- Wilderness Survival
- Communications
- Cooking
- Conservation
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And four of 18 challenging electives:
- Backpacking
- Cave Exploring
- Cycling/Mountain Biking
- Ecology
- Equestrian
- First Aid
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Lifesaver
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- Mountaineering
- Outdoor Living History
- Physical Fitness
- Plants and Wildlife
- Project COPE
- Scuba
- Shooting Sports
- Watercraft
- Winter Sports
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