The opportunities afforded through using video recording to better understand and improve the learning of trades work are presented in this chapter. Overviews of the concepts of multimodality and multiliteracies provide background to inform how to maximise the potentiality of using video to study, understand and improve trades learning. The application of video data collection and visual data analysis to the study of trades learning is argued to be congruent with the conceptions of ‘learning a trade’. Through the chapter, the use of video, as a data collection tool, is rationalised and critiqued. In particular, there is discussion on the ethical implications of using video and the consequences on findings contributed by the methods of video analysis selected. Additionally, the literature on the challenges of this form of data collection, collation and analysis are summarised and discussed. To obviate some of the limitations of using video, some recommendations derived from ongoing studies are presented. Caveats for these recommendations, including logistical, ethical and methodological issues are detailed and discussed. To close the chapter, an example study to improve the learning and teaching of welding to engineering students is provided to detail the challenges and possibilities for using video to undertake practice-based studies of trades teaching and learning. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2020.
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