On his first appearance as a three-year-old Technician was partnered by Oisin Murphy on 5 April when he started 11/8 favourite for a minor event over one and a half miles at Leicester Racecourse and recorded his first success as he went to the front soon after the start and drew away in the closing stages to come home three and a quarter lengths clear of the Mark Johnston-trained Themaxwecan with a gap of eight lengths back to the other four runners.