Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks for Employment,
Licensing or Industry Accreditations

Australian National Character Check™ issues applicants with a nationally coordinated criminal history check that can be used for employment, licensing, probity, or industry accreditation. We provide applicants with Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks via a simple online application process.

Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks lists all an individual's disclosable court outcomes (DCOs), pending charges and related offences sourced from the Australian police agencies database. Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks are requested by industries and organisations before offering employment, giving out contracts licenses or accreditations in Australia.

Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check certificates list all the disclosable court outcomes (DCOs) about an individual such as convictions, sentences and pending charges across the country. Some of these convictions are;

• All guilty findings, behaviour bonds, community-based orders and suspended sentences.
• Traffic infringements like; drink/drug driving, over speeding and others which lead to convictions.

Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks are requested by a third authority, which makes the validity of Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check at the discretion of the requesting authority. A Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check is a "point in time check" which means it does not have a set date of expiration. Most companies/organisations inform the individual/staff when to provide updated versions of the Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check according to their internal risk mitigation strategy.

Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks are a prerequisite for some professions before granting employment, contract, licensing or industry accreditations. The industries include but are not limited to:

• Healthcare professionals
• Aged care workers for the requirements of the aged care act 1997.
• Childcare
• Tutors
• Correctional staff
• Mining workers
• Government Personnel
• Financial Service workers
• Legal workers
• Liquor sellers
• Pawnbrokers
• Real Estate agents
• Construction workers and contractors
• Public vehicle drivers
• Vehicle dealers
• And any other profession that grants the personnel direct or indirect access to sensitive positions or positions of trust.