How to do credit check?

[Bongi]

Hi

I am quite new to property investing and have just bought a rental. I am looking at managing it myself to start off just to keep the costs down as the property is only 20km from my own home (of course experience the LL side of things at the same time). I have got really fantastic ideas from the forum as to how to advertise and manage tenants but still am not quite sure as to how to do credit checks on prospective tenants!
Can someone please advise the steps involved? Much appreciated for any replies.