CHEROKEE SCOUT RESERVATION
OUT LEAD. OUT SERVE. OUT ACHIEVE.
Scouts in Trade Skills programs get hands-on experiences!
CHEROKEE SCOUT RESERVATION
Trade SkillsThe Trade Skills programming at Cherokee Scout Reservation provides fun, hands-on learning. The Advanced Welding course offers extended skill development to Scouts who have already completed the Welding merit badge.
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Programs:
Advanced Welding Automotive Maintenance Electricity Farm Mechanics Home Repairs Plumbing Traffic Safety Welding Woodwork |
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Advanced WeldingAlready have the Welding merit badge, but want to further your welding skills and experience? Our Advanced Welding program is the place for you. Advanced Welding allows Scouts to apply and extend the skills learned in the Welding merit badge.
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Automotive Maintenance Merit BadgeModern automobiles are important to many aspects of American life. Those who service automobiles must understand each principle, and how these principles interact to provide smooth, efficient performance. Owners of cars also benefit by understanding how their vehicles operate. This enables them to understand why certain periodic maintenance is required to keep their vehicles in tip-top shape.
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Electricity Merit BadgeElectricity is a powerful and fascinating force of nature. As early as 600 BC, observers of the physical world suspected that electricity existed but did not have a name for it. In fact, real progress in unraveling the mystery of electricity has come only within the last 250 years.
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Farm Mechanics Merit BadgeFrom the mattock and hoe to the horse and mule, the cotton gin and reaper, the tractor and air seeder—this is the story of farm equipment. Today, most farms are mechanized and farmers can do most of their own maintenance work and make the adjustments needed on their many intricate farm implements.
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Home Repairs Merit BadgeSuccessfully completing this badge's requirements can lead to a lifetime of personal and financial rewards: Doing basic home repairs provides a sense of personal pride in one's achievements and increased self-confidence. In addition, safe and successful do-it-yourselfers can easily save a family thousands of dollars in repair bills over the years.
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Plumbing Merit BadgePlumbing, including pipe fitting, is an important and well-paid occupation. The industry is quite broad. It covers installations and repairs in homes, commercial properties, and factories. Plumbing pipelines are used for water supply, waste drainage, natural-gas heating, and many other purposes.
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Traffic Safety Merit BadgeStaying safe in traffic wherever you live is getting more difficult all the time, as more and more people take to the road. Earning the Traffic Safety merit badge and will give Scouts some crucial tools to stay safer, when driving a car on a highway, riding a bike across town, or jogging across a busy street.
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Welding Merit BadgeThis merit badge is a good fit with preparing Scouts for their future and offers Scouts a fun way to explore skills that can grow into a hobby or career. The Welding merit badge will enable Scouts to learn hands-on how to join metals using welding techniques. The skills they learn may even be helpful for making or repairing items for their troop.
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Woodwork Merit BadgeWood is an amazingly versatile, practical, yet beautiful material. A skilled craftsman can use wood to fashion just about anything. As a woodworker or carpenter, you will find no end of useful, valuable, and fun items you can make yourself, from wood.
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