Distributed weld monitoring system with job tracking

A welding system, comprising:

• a data repository configured to store:
• welding data associated with a welding device identifier of a welding device to which the welding data pertains,
• a job session association between a job session identifier of a job session and the welding data or the welding device identifier,
• a time association between the job session identifier and a timestamp representative of a time the job session occurred,
• an activity association between the job session identifier and activity data pertaining to an activity that occurred during the job session, and
• a user association between the job session identifier and a user identifier of a user who performed the activity;
• and
• a central monitoring station in communication with a local monitoring station, the central monitoring station being configured to receive the welding data from the local monitoring station, or provide the welding data to the data repository.