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Step-by-step guide to completing your award
Step-by-step guide to completing your award
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Select your activities
What do you want to do for each section of the Award? Talk to your award coordinator or parent for advice. -
Complete an award plan
Fill in your Award plan. For Bronze and Silver give it to your award coordinator or send it to the State Award Office to be approved. Gold Award Plans are sent to the State Award Office only for approval. -
Find your assessors
With your award coordinator’s advice, find a suitable assessor for each of your activities. You can also contact the State Award Office for advice. Assessors are people who help you with your activities. They are suitably skilled and have experience/qualifications in your chosen activity. They also sign and date your record book when you have completed the requirements for the section. -
Begin your activities
After your plan is approved start your activities. You can do one or more sections of your Award at a time. -
When you complete a section
Check to make sure your record book has been filled in correctly, and that the assessor’s report is completed, signed and dated by your assessor. -
How to get your award approved
Give your record book to your award coordinator to send to an area award committee or the State Award Office for approval. -
How do you get your award
When your Award is approved you will receive a letter from the State Award Office and receive your certificate and badge from your award coordinator or by attending an Award presentation -
Want to do the next level?
Notify the State Award Office [link to contacts page] by returning a Notice to Continue (For Bronze and Silver awardees only)