technician

noun

1. a person who is trained or skilled in the technicalities of a subject.
2. a person who is skilled in the technique of an art, as music or painting.

noun

1. a person skilled in mechanical or industrial techniques or in a particular technical field
2. a person employed in a laboratory, technical college, or scientific establishment to do practical work
3. a person having specific artistic or mechanical skill, esp if lacking original flair or genius

n.1833, “person expert in the technicalities of some question,” from technic + -ian. Meaning “person skilled in mechanical arts” is recorded from 1939. n.

1. One whose occupation requires training in a specific technical process.technologist