Verify driver licences, check traffic history, and confirm demerit points for roles that require driving. Essential for transport, logistics, and any position with a company vehicle.
Overview
For any role that involves driving — whether it's a truck driver, delivery courier, sales representative with a company car, or a mining FIFO worker — verifying the candidate's driving record is essential. A valid licence, clean traffic history, and acceptable demerit point balance are baseline requirements for safe and compliant fleet operations.
Refchecks verifies driver licences across all Australian states and territories, checks traffic offence history, and confirms current demerit point balances. For heavy vehicle roles, the system also verifies the correct licence class (LR, MR, HR, HC, MC) and any conditions or restrictions.
Driving record checks protect your organisation from liability. An employer who puts a driver on the road without verifying their licence and driving history may face significant WHS liability if an incident occurs. Regular re-checks for ongoing employees are also supported through the platform's monitoring features.
What's Included
Confirm the candidate holds a valid driver licence, the licence class (C, LR, MR, HR, HC, MC), and any conditions or restrictions. Covers all Australian states.
Access the candidate's traffic offence history including speeding offences, drink driving, dangerous driving, and other traffic-related charges or convictions.
Confirm the candidate's current demerit point balance. High demerit points may indicate a pattern of unsafe driving behaviour.
Track licence expiry dates for your drivers and receive automated alerts before a licence expires. Prevent unlicensed driving in company vehicles.
Verify heavy vehicle licence classes and endorsements required for specific vehicle types. Ensure compliance with NHVR (National Heavy Vehicle Regulator) requirements.
Process
Enter the candidate's licence number and state of issue, or have the candidate upload a photo of their licence through the secure portal.
Refchecks verifies the licence against the state transport authority and retrieves the traffic history and demerit point records where available.
Receive a report showing licence status, class, conditions, traffic history, and demerit points. Any concerns are flagged for your review.
Turnaround & Pricing
Turnaround Time
1–3 business days
Included in all plans
From $49/month
Driving record checks are included in your plan quota. State transport authority fees are covered.
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