Electric arc welding method for creating a multi-pass welded joint between a first metal construction element and a second metal construction element , which welding method comprises the following steps: - providing a first metal construction element which has a welding area , and applying a first stand-alone toe weld on said first construction element , which first stand-alone toe weld comprises at least one first toe weld bead, - providing a second metal construction element which has a welding area , - after applying the first stand-alone toe weld on the first construction element , arranging the first construction element and the second construction element relative to each other in a joining position, in which joining position a distance is present seen along the welding area of the first construction element , between the first stand-alone toe weld and a root area of the welded joint to be created, - while maintaining the joining position, making a first weld connection between the welding area of the first construction element and the welding area of the second construction element by applying a root pass at the root area of the welded joint to be created, which root pass comprises at least one root pass bead, - after applying the root pass, applying one or more filling beads , wherein the first stand-alone toe weld , the root pass and the one or more filling beads together form part of the welded joint between the first construction element and the second construction element , wherein the first stand-alone toe weld forms the toe of said welded joint at the side of the first construction element and wherein at least some of the filling beads are arranged between the root pass and the first stand-alone toe weld . - providing a first metal construction element which has a welding area , and applying a first stand-alone toe weld on said first construction element , which first stand-alone toe weld comprises at least one first toe weld bead, - providing a second metal construction element which has a welding area , - after applying the first stand-alone toe weld on the first construction element , arranging the first construction element and the second construction element relative to each other in a joining position, in which joining position a distance is present seen along the welding area of the first construction element , between the first stand-alone toe weld and a root area of the welded joint to be created, - while maintaining the joining position, making a first weld connection between the welding area of the first construction element and the welding area of the second construction element by applying a root pass at the root area of the welded joint to be created, which root pass comprises at least one root pass bead, - after applying the root pass, applying one or more filling beads , wherein the first stand-alone toe weld , the root pass and the one or more filling beads together form part of the welded joint between the first construction element and the second construction element , wherein the first stand-alone toe weld forms the toe of said welded joint at the side of the first construction element and wherein at least some of the filling beads are arranged between the root pass and the first stand-alone toe weld . <EOS>