Application for validating the Common Oral Assessment Task (COAT) 2025
General information
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority is seeking applications for the position of 2025 COAT validator.
About the COAT – Information for validators
Validators will attend a training meeting. Validators will be advised of the date and time of this training when they are appointed.
Validation of the COAT will occur between Saturday, 5 July to Sunday, 20 July 2025 at 303 Sevenoaks St, Cannington. The number of scripts to be validated will depend on the number of students enrolled in the course and the number of COAT scripts requested. Validators will be informed of the exact dates and times that they are validating at the training meeting.
Validators will be paid $72.50 per hour and $247.50 per half day validating.
For further information about COAT, refer to the 2025 Common Oral Assessment Task Handbook on the Authority website at https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/syllabus-and-support-materials/english/english-as-an-additional-language-or-dialect.
Application process
Applicants are required to complete and send in an application form. Receipt of an application will be acknowledged via email. Submission of an application does not guarantee appointment. Applicants will be advised by email whether they have been selected to be a validator.
Applications close Wednesday, 23 April 2025.
Applicants will be notified about the outcome of their application by Wednesday, 21 May 2025.
All COAT validators must have a current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) conducted by the Department of Education and a Screening Clearance Number (SCN) prior to the validation commencing.
Validators will be informed of their SCN status at appointment. If the SCN is not current, information will be supplied about how to complete a new NCCHC.
You are not eligible to be a validator if you have taken a voluntary redundancy from a WA government agency in the past 12 months.
Further information
For further information regarding COAT marking, contact:
Paul Cranley – Senior Consultant Practical Examinations
( (08) 9273 6795 or Paul.Cranley@scsa.wa.edu.au
Barclay Jones – Manager, Examination Logistics
( (08) 9273 6309 or Barclay.jones@scsa.wa.edu.au