Special Merit Badge Days
Want to learn from professionals in the field while earning a Merit Badge? The Atlanta Area Council is pleased to offer multiple opportunities throughout the year!
Construction Merit Badge Day
Sponsored by Batson-Cook Construction
When: April 22, 2023 from 9:00am-3:00pm
Cost: $20
The Construction Merit Badge Day is one of the most exciting Merit Badge opportunities this year. Scouts ages 13 and older are invited to register for one of the merit badge classes listed below.
- Surveying
- Welding
- Drafting
- Electrical
- Plumbing
Depending on the Merit Badge, classes will begin at the Batson-Cook office (just a few minutes from the Volunteer Service Center), or at a job site in Buckhead. All classes will end at the job site in Buckhead.
Click here for more information.
Metalwork Merit Badge Days
When: 9:15am check-in / 9:30am start / 5:30pm end
Where: Metal Arts Guild of Georgia | 5353 Buford Hwy NE, Doraville, GA 30340
Cost: $20
- Metals Merit Badge Option #1 Sheet Metal Mechanic/Tinsmith
- Each participant will learn the basics of studio safety and metallurgy. Complete several tasks such as work hardening and annealing metal.
- The Scout will make a steel center punch, do shaping, heat hardening, and tempering steel to make a functional tool. The scout will then make from base metals (copper/brass) a small box. The box will be decorated, soldered, riveted and finished. All requirements for the Metals Badge will be covered.
- Metals Merit Badge Option #3 Founder
- Each participant will learn the basics of studio safety and metallurgy. Complete several tasks such as work hardening and annealing metal.
- The Scout will make a steel center punch, do shaping, heat hardening, and tempering steel to make a functional tool. The scout will then make from a base metal (lead free pewter/bronze) a casting of an object by the sand cast method. The object will be finished. All requirements for the Metals Badge will be covered.
Ready to increase your skills in metalworking? Learn from professionals on the basics of metalwork and create your masterpiece to take home with you.
Lunch is not provided. You will need to bring a sack lunch and drink.
Space is limited so register quickly. No refunds after 8 days prior to the event.
Aviation Merit Badge Days
Presented by Aviation History & Technology Center
When: First Saturday each month, April – November
(Registration opens 6 weeks prior to each monthly session)
Where: Aviation History & Technology Center | 555 Perrin Rd. Marietta, GA 30060
Cost: $20
Are you ready to learn how aircraft fly and how the pilot controls the aircraft? This course combines both on-line and in-person learning. All requirements can be completed.
Most requirements are completed at the scout’s convenience anytime within two weeks of the museum visit using Google Classroom. Homework assignment requirements are brought to the museum. The final requirement is completed at the AHTC museum where scouts see 15 various types of aircraft on static display, including the interior and flight deck of a USAF C-141B StarLifter
Other Scouting Opportunities at AHTC:
The Aviation History & Technology Center offers Group Tours for all scout groups; Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturer Scouts, Explorers, Sea & Air Scouts. Additionally, Service Projects and Eagle Projects are available.
Visit AHTC360.org to learn more, or Contact AHTC BSA Coordinator Bob Higgins (Bob@AHTC360.org) with any questions and scheduling requests.
| Class | Cost | Date & Time | Location | Pre/Post Reqs/Notes | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviation | $20 | 5/6/2023 | 9AM-12PM | AHTC | Additional Details | Registration |
| Aviation | $20 | 6/3/2023 | 9AM-12PM | AHTC | Additional Details | Registration |
| Aviation | $20 | 7/1/2023 | 9AM-12PM | AHTC | Additional Details | Registration |
| Aviation | $20 | 8/5/2023 | 9AM-12PM | AHTC | Additional Details | Registration |
| Aviation | $20 | 9/2/2023 | 9AM-12PM | AHTC | Additional Details | Registration |
| Aviation | $20 | 10/14/2023 | 9AM-12PM | AHTC | Additional Details | Registration |
| Aviation | $20 | 11/4/2023 | 9AM-12PM | AHTC | Additional Details | Registration |
Completion Reports and Blue Cards
The instructor of each class will log all completions and submit them to the Council office. Please allow at least a week after the course for the data to be entered into our system.
Scouts may come out of the event with a “partial” meaning there are requirements remaining to be completed. This could be due to requirements that are unable to be addressed during the merit badge session, there are requirements that can’t be completed on site, or due to the Scout failing to meet the requirement standard during the session. After the event, the Scout will need to keep in touch with the counselor from that class or find a merit badge counselor to work with to complete the merit badge either within their troop or in their area. Reminder when Scouts are contacting counselors that they follow the 2-deep leadership by having an adult cc’d to the email or on speaker phone with that counselor.
After two weeks from the event, we will not be putting in additional completed requirements to the event due to the fact that the report will state completed on the event date.
To pull past reports please log in to your AtlantaBSA.org account, same account you registered for the event, then follow these steps.
- Select “Events” on the far left of the screen
- Select "My Past Events"
- Select "Merit Badge Days"
- Select "Past"
- Select the date you attended
- Scroll down to "Registration"
- Click on "Reports" button
- Select "Completion Report, PDF" or you can download the front/back of a blue card