Training Code: (S11)

Where: Camp Pellissippi
262 Boy Scout Camp Rd
Andersonville TN 37705

Date: September 26-28, 2025
Time: begins Friday 26th at 6:00 p.m. and ends on Sunday.

COST $50 per person

after September 12th, late fee of $70 will begin

Check-in at Winter Lodge

Who should take this training?

New Scouts BSA Scoutmasters (highest-ranking adult volunteer leader working with youth in a Scouts BSA Troop) and Assistant Scoutmasters

Why should I take this training?

Scouting’s outdoor program is a critical part of how the Scouts BSA program develops young leaders. While camping or participating in other outdoor events, your Scouts will challenge themselves to learn skills they’ve never tried before or maybe didn’t think they could do. In doing so, your Scouts will work together as a team to overcome adversity when things don’t go as planned; this is truly the magic of Scouting that no other program does as well.

To safely offer Scouting’s outdoor program, however, you need a certain set of skills and knowledge – and that’s why you’re required to take Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (also known as “IOLS”) Training. You’ll learn how to build a fire, use an axe, cook outdoors, use a map and compass, responsibly care for the outdoors, and much more. Even if you weren’t a Scout as a kid, you’ll come out of this course looking and acting like a seasoned camper. This course, combined with Youth Protection Training and the Scoutmaster-Specific Training course, will make you a “fully trained” Scouts BSA leader.

YOU MUST STAY ALL WEEKEND IN ORDER FOR COURSE TO BE COMPLETED.

For more information, please contact Natalie Ebnet at keyframegirl@gmail.com.