The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for simulating an electrode welding process having an electrode holder simulator (2) and a simulated electrode (3) arranged thereon, a simulated workpiece (4), an input device (6), an output device (7) and a control device (10). For the ideal training of an electrode welding process under conditions as real as possible, the control device (10) is connected to a memory (11) for storing parameters (Pi) of an ideal motion of the electrode holder simulator (2) during an ignition process and is designed for detecting the parameters (Pr) during an actual motion of the electrode holder simulator (2) and comparing them to the stored parameters (Pi) of the ideal motion of the electrode holder simulator during an ignition process and displaying the deviations between the parameters (Pr) of the actual motion and the parameters (Pi) of the ideal motion in the output device (7).