Merit Badge Counselor Information

How to Become a Merit Badge Counselor

Questions? Talk to your Scoutmaster and Troop Advancement Counselor. 

A guide to Merit Badge Counseling

512-065.pdf

 512-065, 2018 printing

Where can I find a list of local merit badge counselors? 

Scouts 

Scouts BSA members seeking a counselor should talk to their Scoutmaster. 

Unit leaders

Troop, crew and ship leaders can find the list of merit badge counselors on the unit page in Scoutbook. Scoutbook provides a search for merit badge counselors at that location. Your unit need not use Scoutbook to view the list. Log into http://scoutbook.scouting.org with your my.scouting userID and password, click on My Dashboard, Administration, your unit and scroll down the page. A downloadable list is not available at this time.

Council, District Scouters and Commissioners

Council and district committee members and Commissioners can find the list of merit badge counselors in my.scouting.org (Click on Roster then Reports).

Merit Badge Counselors

Merit badge counselors can find the badges they are approved to counsel by logging into http://scoutbook.scouting.org (use your my.scouting userID and password to login) and clicking on My Dashboard, My Account, My Positions.