Home Maintenance Scout Interest Badge

(Previously Handyman Interest Badge)

Badge requirements

Home Maintenance

1. Present your tool box to the examiner and describe the choice of tools in it.
   Complete either 2 or 3:
2. Demonstrate the use and care of the following:
   1. Power drill – including the three types of drill bits
   2. Paint brushes and rollers. Describe the types of paints available
   3. Sander – orbiter or belt. Replace the sandpaper.
   4. Jig Saw – Cut out a pattern presented by the examiner
3. OR: Demonstrate the use and storage of the following hand tools:
   1. Three different saws
   2. The different types of hammers
   3. Paint brushes and rollers. Describe the types of paints available
   4. The different types of screwdrivers
4. Do FIVE of the following:
   1. Hang or re-hang a door and repair door fittings, including handles, locks, etc.
   2. Glaze a window. Describe the precautions to be taken when doing so.
   3. Demonstrate the correct methods of using, cleaning, and storing a spray gun.
   4. Discuss the precautions to take against frost and explain how to thaw frozen pipes in a welling house and what immediate steps to take in the case of burst water pipes or gas leaks.
   5. Mix concrete or make dagha or cement blocks or clay bricks and effect simple repairs to a wall or floor.
   6. Repair defective plastering.
   7. Paint a ceiling or paper/paint a room. Demonstrate the correct methods of using, cleaning, and storing paintbrushes and/or rollers after use.
   8. Change the mantle on a glass lamp or the wick of a paraffin lamp and clean the glass.
   9. Prepare and paint a metal railing or garden fence. Demonstrate the correct methods of using, cleaning, and storing paintbrushes after use.
   10. Repair a fence or hang a gate using the appropriate tools.
   11. Clean and care for a swimming pool for at least one month.
   12. Lay floor or wall tiles.

Requirements in PDF

• Home Maintenance (PDF)

See also

• Scout Interest Badges