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RESPONSIBLE TO: Scoutmaster
QUALIFICATIONS:
 | Age: None
| Rank: 1st Class or higher
| Experience: Previous service as
SPL, ASPL, PL, or APL
| Attendance: 75% over previous 6 months
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PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:
| Training: You must attend the troop Junior Leader training even if you have attended in the past..
| Attendance: You are expected to attend 85% of all troop meetings, Patrol Leaders' Council meetings, outings, and service projects. If your attendance is low, or if you have three (3) unexcused absences in a row, you can be removed from office.
| Effort: You are expected to give this job your best effort
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RESOURCES AS SPL: There are many resources available to you to help you do your job. These include people such as your Scoutmaster, assistant Scoutmasters, and troop committee members. There also are your fellow troop junior leaders, teachers, religious advisers, and community leaders. Some literature items that can help you follow:
| Boy Scout Handbook, No. 3229
| Junior
Leader Handbook, No. 3500
| Woods Wisdom, Troop Program Features.
| Fieldbook, No. 3200
| Boy Scout Songbook, No. 3224A
| Boy Scout Requirements, No. 3216B
| Boy's Life
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GENERAL LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES:
| Uniform: Set the example by wearing your uniform correctly. This means that you will wear all of the parts of the troop
uniform, Scout pants correctly worn, shirt-tail tucked in, with all required badges in their correct locations.
| Behavior: Set the example by living the Scout Oath and Law in your everyday life. Show Scout Spirit in everything you say and do.
| Attendance: Set the example by being an active Scout. Be on time for meetings and activities. You must call the Scoutmaster if you are not going to be at a meeting or if you suddenly have to miss an outing. You also need to make sure that the Assistant Senior Patrol Leader is ready to assume your responsibilities.
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SPECIFIC LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES:
| Preside at all troop meetings, events, activities, and annual program planning conference.
| Chair the patrol leaders' council.
| Name appointed boy leaders with the advice and consent of the Scoutmaster.
| Assign duties and responsibilities to other leaders.
| Work with Scoutmaster in training junior leaders.
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Lake Travis Area Scouting 
The junior leader with the most responsibility in a troop is the senior patrol leader. He is promoted from the assistant senior patrol leader position which is an elected position by all member of the troop. Elections are held at six month intervals.