Abstract: The reform was closely aligned with high-end, intelligent, and green-oriented principles, and designed to meet the requirements of job-position, curriculum, competition, and certification integration. Four tiered teaching projects based on typical production structures were established, forming an integrated theoretical-virtual-practical teaching system. A three-stage, six-step instructional process ( preparation- guidance- analysis- practice- evaluation- research ) was implemented, incorporating virtual welding and a multi-stakeholder "capability growth" value-added evaluation to address the shortcomings of traditional teaching, including high costs, safety risks, and skill development challenges. Practice demonstrated that the reform significantly enhanced students' learning initiative, while effectively strengthening professional identity and digital literacy. The initiative resulted in a new skill development pathway under the modern apprenticeship system, novel digital resources for autonomous learning, and an innovative value-added evaluation methodology for capability growth, thereby providing a replicable practical model for cultivating high-level application-oriented talents in the smart welding technology specialty.