# Software for trade schools that keeps instructors in the workshop

> Spark-VT is software for trade schools and vocational institutes: hands-on programs, AI-graded assessments, automatic attendance and cohort analytics in one place.

Spark-VT · Feature

Trade schools teach with tools, not slides, and the paperwork around a course takes time away from the workshop. Spark-VT runs that paperwork: grading, attendance, progress and reporting, so instructors spend their hours teaching.

- Page: https://sparkmentis.ai/features/trade-school-software

## What it runs

- **Programs and cohorts.** Every track and every intake, in one place.
- **Grading.** Paper and online assessments graded with AI and reviewed by instructors.
- **Attendance.** Taken by face recognition at the start of a session.
- **Reporting.** Progress, completion and outcomes for each cohort, live.

## Built around doing

Spark-VT is designed for learning by doing and practising. Learners pick up the concepts, then the practical side, and the platform keeps track of both.

## Questions

**Which trades does it cover?**

Spark-VT runs training tracks across healthcare, technology, the trades and safety; institutes bring their own programs too.

**Is it an LMS?**

It's a training platform built for vocational programs: it does what an LMS does, plus attendance and hands-on assessment.

**Can employers use it?**

Yes. Employers and workforce programs use it for skills training.

## Related

- [Spark-VT](https://sparkmentis.ai/products/spark-vt.md): Vocational training platform
- [What is TVET?](https://sparkmentis.ai/learn/tvet.md): Glossary
- [What is an LMS?](https://sparkmentis.ai/learn/what-is-an-lms.md): Glossary
- [Spark-VT vs TalentLMS](https://sparkmentis.ai/compare/spark-vt-vs-talentlms.md)

## Book a demo

Email info@sparkmentis.ai (subject "SparkMentis demo request") with your organization, your role and the products you're interested in.