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RefChecks

RefChecks is an Australian owned background check platform running reference, identity, police, licence and medical checks for hiring teams in Australia.

Overview

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RefChecks

Business Description

RefChecks is an Australian owned and operated pre-employment screening platform built by recruitment professionals. It consolidates reference checks, identity verification, financial checks, medical screening, qualification verification, right to work, WWCC clearances and driving records into a single dashboard, with every verification performed in-house.

Reference checks use smart follow-up questions and 1,224 role templates, and built-in fraud detection cross-references candidate claims against verified employment histories and the Australian Business Register.

Service & Expertise

Employment Screening and Background Verification

Employee Reference Checks

RefChecks provides employee reference checks for Australian businesses of all sizes, from small recruitment agencies through to enterprise HR teams, on an Australian owned and operated platform.

  • Pre-employment verification is consolidated into a single dashboard, pulling references together with identity, financial, medical and qualification checks.
  • Fraud detection, right to work and driving record checks extend the same workflow beyond referee feedback.
  • Candidate data is held in Australian data centres, and the platform is built to meet GDPR requirements.
  • Founded and run in Australia, for Australian businesses, with referee outreach and reminders handled by the platform.

Best for: recruitment agencies and in-house HR teams that want referencing and the rest of pre-employment verification handled in one Australian hosted dashboard rather than across separate vendors.

Employment Screening and Background Verification

White Card Checks

RefChecks provides White Card checks for construction companies, principal contractors and labour hire firms, verifying White Cards, high-risk work licences and trade qualifications in a single streamlined workflow.

  • White Cards, trade certificates, high-risk work licences and construction-specific competency statements are verified against issuing authority records.
  • 28 high-risk licence classes are covered, spanning crane operation, scaffolding, rigging and dogging.
  • State issued trade licences for electrical, plumbing and gas fitting work are checked in the same pass.

Best for: principal contractors and labour hire firms carrying construction induction and licensing obligations across a mobile workforce.

Operational Coverage

  • ACT (Hybrid)
  • New South Wales (Hybrid)
  • Northern Territory (Hybrid)
  • Queensland (Hybrid)
  • South Australia (Hybrid)
  • Tasmania (Hybrid)
  • Victoria (Hybrid)
  • Western Australia (Hybrid)

Contacts & Channels

FAQs

What checks can RefChecks run?

RefChecks runs reference checks, identity verification, financial checks, medical screening, qualification verification, right to work, WWCC clearances, driving records, national police checks, NDIS Worker Screening and professional licence checks including AHPRA, all from one dashboard.

How does RefChecks screen construction workers?

White Cards, trade certificates and high-risk work licences are verified against issuing authority records, alongside pre-employment medicals, drug and alcohol screening, identity verification and driving record checks.

Where is candidate data stored?

Candidate data is stored in Australian data centres, with AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit, and every verification is performed in-house.

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