Sectional Advanced Training (Wood Badge)

Course conducted in camp conditions. Focus is on practical skills and simulated unit and sub-unit activities. Participants must have received their Completion of Basic Training Certificate and must have been at least 3 months after taking the Basic Training. Upon completing the course participants each receives a certificate of attendance.

In order to receive a certificate of completion of advanced training or to receive the Wood Badge, participants must complete their Training Studies. The training studies is a series of questions a participant must answer through further research and self-study. The training studies paper is also fondly referred to as the thesis.

Upon submission of the training studies, the participant will appear before a panel of Leader Trainers and Assistant Leader Trainers for an interview. The panel's objective is to ensure that the participant has a firm grasp of the fundamental principles of the Scout movement.

Completion of Advanced Training Application (117KB) PDF

Sample Training Studies 1 (197KB) PDF

Sample Training Studies 2 (133KB) PDF