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