Background Screening Services

We’re proud to partner with Kroll, the world’s leading risk consulting company, to provide NRWA members and affiliates with access to world-class, affordable background screening services.  The NRWA strongly encourages performing background checks on your employees, as it can produce immeasurable benefits like reducing turnover and minimizing the possibility for on-the-job violence or theft.

Integrating background checks into your hiring process is a simple and cost-effective step you can take to help mitigate potential workforce risks you face.  We’ve made the vendor selection process easier by selecting Kroll as our preferred partner – a decision we made based on its uncompromising commitment to providing only the most accurate information, delivered quickly and compliantly, through easy-to-use technology.

Kroll is unique in that its researchers go straight to the source, procuring records from county courthouses (or combing the same databases that court clerks use), contacting employers and educational institutions directly, and probing licensing bodies for information on certifications or credentials. What’s more, Kroll services are completely compliant with all necessary federal, state, local, and industry-specific laws and regulations, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Background Checks

Kroll investigates job candidates at all levels, from senior management and executives to government employees and utility personnel.  Kroll can help your utility uncover information pertinent to the character and backgrounds of your candidates, with services like:

§  Criminal records

§  Driving records

§  Education verifications

§  Employment history verifications

§  Sex offender registries

§  Government sanctions

§  Credit and financial histories

To make things easier, Kroll has provided recommended packages and services most pertinent to NRWA members, but its experts can easily customize the right program for your utility.

Drug Testing

In addition to these background screening services, NWRA members can take advantage of Kroll’s substance abuse testing services. Kroll’s ser­vices cover a wide range of testing needs, including pre-employment, post-accident, random, reason­able suspicion, return-to-duty, and follow-up drug testing.   NWRA members will benefit from access to tools and training to perform on-site specimen collection, in­cluding products designed for point of collection testing to give you a preliminary result. Alterna­tively, Kroll can send collection experts to your facilities – or arrange for your applicants or employees to provide samples at convenient SAMHSA-certified collection sites around the country. Kroll has more than 8,000 such sites in its network, which gives the company the ability to ZIP code-match locations with the closest col­lection sites available.

Getting Started Using Kroll

 Kroll's wide range of screening services can be tailored to fit the needs of any NWRA member.  Regardless of the size of your utility or the type of employees you hire, Kroll can develop a solution unique to your needs. To help safeguard your organization through effective and affordable background screening services, contact Kroll today.  You may also reach a Kroll representative by phone at 1 (800) 697-7189.