Ban Checks
A ban check looks for a worker on official ban and disqualification registers — lists of people who have been barred from working in a sector, such as people banned from aged care. Where a credential confirms that someone is cleared, a ban check does the opposite: it makes sure they're not on a list that should stop them working.
Verifiable ban checks
Ban checks are verifiable — Oho matches the worker against the relevant register and records what it finds. If someone is newly added to a ban register, that shows up as a problem on their profile, so a worker who was fine yesterday doesn't quietly slip through today.
What you'll see
The result is shown the same way as a credential — one of a few outcomes, with a colour so it's easy to scan:
| Status (as shown in the app) | Colour | What it means | API value |
|---|---|---|---|
| May engage | Green | No match — the worker isn't on a ban register. | MAY_ENGAGE |
| May not engage | Red | A match — the worker appears on a ban register. | MAY_NOT_ENGAGE |
| Under review | Yellow | A possible match, worth confirming it's the same person before relying on it. | REVIEW_REQUIRED |
| In progress | Grey | Still being checked. | IN_PROGRESS |
| Error | Grey | The register couldn't be reached; Oho will try again. | ERROR |
Because a match is based on a person's details, a possible match is flagged for someone to confirm it's really the same person before any action is taken. Oho re-checks on the schedule you set up in the Verification Sources tab and keeps a history of every check on the worker's profile.
Green means the opposite of what it means on a credential. On a credential, green says we found their clearance. Here it says we found nothing — which is the good answer.
What Oho needs
Ban registers carry no card numbers, so a ban check matches on the person rather than a reference: their legal name and date of birth. That makes date of birth worth filling in for anyone a ban check covers — name alone produces possible matches that a person then has to sift through.
How often it runs
A ban check is worth much more repeated than run once: an order made against someone months into their employment only surfaces because Oho re-reads the register. See How monitoring works.
Ban checks Oho can run
Related
- Credentials overview
- Exemptions
- Police Check — filed as a credential, but does a ban check's job too
- How monitoring works — why the repeat check matters most here