Training: Venture
Description:
Venture Training is designed for Venture Crew Members (both Adult & Youth). The trainings below are required for those wishing to advance in rank.
Required Rank Trainings:
Venturing Award
- Personal Safety Awareness
- This training addresses personal safety concerns of our nation’s teenagers.
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Discovery Award
- Crew Officers Orientation
- This refreshed training resource is designed to help your Crew better understand the roles and responsibilities of Crew officers and learn how to effectively plan and lead meetings and events. It is strongly recommended that all Crews complete this training annually, ensuring that every member has a clear understanding of officer responsibilities.
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- First Aid & CPR/AED
- American Red Cross or American Heart Association, or an equivalent. Your course must include an in-person practical component.
- Goal Setting & Time Management
- Finding a successful time management strategy depends on a person’s personality, ability to self-motivate and level of self-discipline. This course introduces established methods for improving a Venturer’s ability to effectively manage the events in his or her life in relation to time.
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- Introduction of Leadership Skills for Crews
- This training is intended to help Venturers in leadership positions within their crew understand their responsibilities and to equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill those responsibilities.
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Pathfinder Award
- Project Management
- This training is designed to prepare Venturers to effectively manage projects. It leads them through each essential step, including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing.
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Summit Award (Venture's Eagle Equivalent)
- Mentoring for Crews
- Mentoring is a form of leadership and can be performed in a variety of circumstances throughout the Venturing program. This training is designed to help Venturers understand how to mentor other members of the crew and appreciate the role mentoring plays in personal growth and leadership for both the mentee and mentor.
- Please click here for the Facilitator's Guide.