Features
One platform for the whole practice loop
Analyze your welds, learn the theory, track the trend, carry your record to work, and — if you teach — run your classes on top of it all.
Analyze
Feedback on the welds you actually run
Photograph practice welds and get structured, educational feedback you can act on the same session.
AI photo feedback
Upload a weld photo with its context — process, joint, position, settings — and receive a cautious, structured visual review.
Structured findings
Possible concerns are named consistently, tied to the defect library, and labeled with an explicit confidence level.
Practice score
Seven educational categories scored in descriptive bands — Emerging to Refined — instead of false-precision percentages.
History & comparison
Every analysis is saved. Compare two compatible analyses side by side and watch trends across weeks of practice.
Learn
Original content built for the booth
Short lessons, a practical defect library, certification study tracks, and quizzes — all original ArcForge writing.
Learning center
23 categories from arc fundamentals to career prep, organized into modules with objectives, key terms, and practice activities.
Defect library
Each entry covers visible clues, what a photo cannot confirm, common causes, prevention, and a corrective exercise.
Certification prep
Seven concept-level study tracks with skills checklists and physical practice checklists — clearly independent of any certifying body.
Quizzes & knowledge checks
Question banks with explanations for every answer, difficulty tiers, and category scoring that feeds your progress view.
Track
Proof that the practice is working
Turn scattered sessions into a record: trends, streaks, achievements, and reports you can share.
Progress trends
Practice-score categories charted over time, lesson completion by category, and quiz performance in one view.
Streaks
Consistent practice beats cramming. Streaks reward showing up — in the booth or in the books.
Reports
Assemble practice summaries from real activity — useful for portfolios, advisors, and program reviews.
Achievements
Milestones for practice volume, learning progress, and consistency — earned, never bought.
Teach
Instructor and school workflows
The AI gives students structured prep; instructors keep the judgment. Schools get seats, pooled usage, and visibility.
Classes & rosters
Create classes, invite students, and see submissions and progress only for the students you actually teach.
Assignments
Assign specific welds — process, joint, position — and collect photo submissions with their AI context attached.
Instructor feedback
Review each submission with the AI findings as a starting point — agree, partially agree, or disagree with each finding, correct its severity, and leave the verdict that matters: yours.
Rubrics & grading
Build weighted rubrics, share them across your program, and grade submissions criterion by criterion. Scores keep the points they were given even if the rubric changes later.
Photo annotation
Draw directly on a student’s weld photo — available only when the student chose to save that photo — then release your markup when it’s ready. Threaded replies keep the conversation on the weld.
Competency records
Track observable shop competencies with honest labels: a student’s own entry stays self-reported until an instructor reviews or verifies it — and only an instructor can.
Attention queue
Plain-language flags — missing submissions, repeated concerns, slipping scores, gone quiet — point limited bench time where it’s needed. Starting points for a conversation, never verdicts.
School administration
Seats, pooled analysis usage, classes across programs, and school-level reporting under one subscription.
Work
A record that travels with you
For working welders and apprentices: your passport, your paperwork, your hours, and the shop math you reach for every day.
Skills Passport
Share a live view of your qualifications, competencies, and chosen work via an expiring link. Every item carries its verification label — self-reported and instructor-verified are never blurred together.
Qualification documents
Attach test reports and continuity paperwork to each qualification, stored privately. A document on file is labeled exactly that — it is never presented as a certification.
Apprentice hours
Log dated hours by category, link them to weld-log sessions, and request instructor signoff. Signed entries lock — that’s what makes the record worth showing.
Calculators & reference
Heat input, travel speed, plate weight, filler estimates, duty cycle, conversions, and look-up tables — instant, on your device, nothing sent or saved.
Portfolio & career tools
Build a portfolio from photos you chose to save, draft a résumé, and work a readiness checklist with interview prep — your skill, presentable.
Hire & employ
Tools for shops and employers
For shops and employers: build your crew’s record, vouch for real skill, and find welders who opted in.
Shop workspace & team
A dedicated workspace with your team roster, supervisor roles, and an org switcher for managers who run more than one shop.
Practical-task sign-off
Author hands-on task briefs, then sign off (or return) a welder’s submission — with their own analysis attached as evidence.
Employer verification
Approve a welder’s request to verify a competency or qualification. Employer-verified is labeled exactly that — never an ArcForge certification.
Opt-in candidate discovery
Search only welders who chose to be discoverable, seeing summary-only public fields — never photos, analyses, or contacts — and save a private shortlist.
See it with your own welds
The free plan includes a couple of AI analyses a day and the intro learning modules.
AI feedback is educational guidance only and does not replace qualified inspection.