Sorry about that, here in my town there's a clear separation between EE's and sparkies
There's a clear separation between EE's and "sparkies" in the US and Canada too, and probably Australia, UK, and the world over.
In the US and Canada, EE's are
Electrical Engineers and deal with electronics design, theory, safety, etc. They don't wire houses, or hookup street lamps to the power grid, although they certainly designed the DC to DC converter in that LED lamp post, and designed the power source powering the grid. I don't want to get into the degree vs non-degree debate here, but EE's know electronics, and some even learned it at school
Electricians are what you call sparkies. They are trades-people, and usually licensed in a jurisdiction. They deal with the power grid, wiring houses, buildings, etc. (sparkies - I don't like that word, where did it come from? If they refer to themselves as sparkies, well I guess they chose it then, like some EE's might call themselves nerds. )