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The Junior Assistant Scoutmaster position is a great way to utilize the Troop's former Senior Patrol Leaders, Assistant Senior Patrol Leaders, Instructors, and Troop Guides. The duties, which can include working directly with the Scoutmaster, prepare older Scouts for future roles as Assistant Scoutmasters. The Scoutmaster may assign JASMs important responsibilities, depending on their abilities and interests as well as on the needs of the Troop. A troop may have more than one Junior Assistant Scoutmaster. The JASM:

• Functions as an Assistant Scoutmaster, except where legal age and adult maturity are required
  
• Provides support and supervision to the other scout leaders in the troop
  
• Performs duties as assigned by the Scoutmaster
  
• Sets a good example
  
• Enthusiastically and correctly wears the Scout uniform
  
• Lives by the Scout Oath and Law
  
• Shows Scout spirit

Qualifications: Junior Assistant Scoutmaster is not an elected position. A scout interested in becoming a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster needs to get the approval of the Scoutmaster and the SPL, and then must be confirmed by the Troop. He must be at least 16 years of age, not yet 18, and shown outstanding leadership skills.

Reports to: Scoutmaster

Leave No Trace Trainer (LNT Trainer)

The Leave No Trace Trainer helps to minimize the troop's impact on the natural environment by teaching the principles of Leave No Trace and by improving the Scouts’ outdoor ethics decision-making skills. By teaching the skills associated with Leave No Trace, he helps the Troop and patrols to recognize and prevent avoidable impacts and to minimize unavoidable impacts from their use of the outdoors. He may also also help the Scouts earn the Leave No Trace Award.

• Teaches the scouts in the troop the Outdoor Code, so they can recite it and understand it's implications.
  
• Teaches the scouts in the troop the principles of Leave No Trace.
  
• Applies, and coaches the troop to apply, the principles of Leave No Trace in all troop activities and on all troop outings, particularly on campouts.
  
• Assists the Troop Guide with teaching Leave no Trace principles as they apply to Tenderfoot through First Class rank requirements.
  
• Leads special troop sessions that will reinforce Leave No Trace awareness and skills.
  
• Helps other scouts to earn the Leave No Trace Award.
  
• Sets a good example.
  
• Enthusiastically and correctly wears the Scout uniform.
  
• Lives by the Scout Oath and Law.
  
• Shows Scout spirit.

Qualifications: Must know and understand the Outdoor Code and be committed to Leave No Trace. According to BSA guidelines, the Leave No Trace Trainer must be a Scout 14 years or older who has successfully completed the official 16-hour Leave No Trace Trainer training course. (A Scout under the age of 14, or who has not yet completed Leave No Trace Trainer training, may serve as an Instructor teaching Leave No Trace principles and skills. The Instructor for Leave No Trace should go through the BSA's Leave No Trace 101 course.) He should be familiar with the history of Leave No Trace and should have a thorough understanding of and a commitment to Leave No Trace. If more than one scout meets these qualifications, the Trainer will be selected by troop vote.

Reports to: ASPL and the adult Leave No Trace Leader