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What is the difference between electrical engineer and control engineer?

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Question added by ahmed ali abd elhamed , electrical engineer , sanita Industry
Date Posted: 2013/10/07
muhammad arif
by muhammad arif , Assistant Engineer , Phoenix armour

same field

حسام ناجى
by حسام ناجى , testing and commissioning engineer II , SENDAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

electrical engineer for power and electrical maintenance but control engineer for automation like plc and scada

Musharif Hussain
by Musharif Hussain , Sr. Engineer (Instrumentation &Control) , Matiari Group

Automation is vast field. Earlier it was handled by Mechanical Engineers, now by electrical engineers due to machine design.

Control Engineer could be either Electrical, Mechanial or Electronic Engineer, which deals with automation of plant.

Electrial Engineer deals with all kind of electric machines.

gaber oraby
by gaber oraby , Site Project Manager , ACCURATE (MEP PROJECTS)

First, no one can leave the other, but electrical engineer selects the motor and knows about motors more than others, and control engineer do motor process circuit 

aftab aftab
by aftab aftab , Site Engineer , K.C. Power Infra Pvt. Ltd.

First of all u should know the difference between engineering and controlling. Both r different. Electrical enginnering deals with the power , energy generation and transmission. as well as all the machines thats works on electrical phenomenon.

Control systems are the derived branch of core electrical as electronics. They deals with the control and operation. u can say automation.

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