What should you do first to prepare for carving hazards?

Explain hazards to your counselor and how to lessen them.

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  1. Explain hazards to your counselor and how to lessen them ✔
  2. Only read about hazards after an injury
  3. Ignore them and start carving

Why: Requirement one asks you to explain hazards and how to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, or lessen them.

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Answer: Explain hazards to your counselor and how to lessen them. Requirement one asks you to explain hazards and how to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, or lessen them.

  1. Scouting America: Wood Carving www.scouting.org/merit-badges/wood-carving
    Explain to your counselor the hazards you are most likely to encounter while wood carving
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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