operant vs technician

operant

noun
  • An operative person or thing. 

  • Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment. 

adj
  • That operates to produce an effect. 

technician

noun
  • A person who studies or practises technology; an expert in a particular technology. 

How often have the words operant and technician occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )