Rick is a second-generation NDE expert who learned from the best in the business; his parents. His mother Claire, and his father, the late Joseph Robichaud  founded a technical services company, Bretech Inspection (NDT) Ltd. in 1984 in Saint John, New Brunswick. Rick joined the family-owned business in 1991 where he served as Operations Manager, then Vice President/GM and Co-owner until 2008. Today, Rick continues as a respected leader in the NDE industry across Canada.  

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Photo on left: Joe Senior performing Radiography on a dragline mast cable in Minto, NB circa 1985