In order to improve the training quality and competitiveness of applied safety engineering professionals in local colleges and universities, this paper analyzes the training mode of domestic and foreign safety engineering professionals and concludes that the industry characteristics are very important to the training of applied safety engineering professionals. Combining with the social needs and the characteristics of Xuzhou University of Technology as a local university, the training mode and curriculum system of safety engineering professionals with "one main line, two abilities, three levels, four platforms and five modules" are established, and corresponding assurance measures have been implemented, which ensure the comprehensive training of safety engineering professionals' knowledge, ability and quality. The exploration of the training mode of applied safety engineering professionals guided by the characteristics of the construction industry shows that the employment rate of graduates is 100% and the competitiveness index is 96%. It shows the feasibility and superiority of this mode and has a strong reference significance for the training of applied safety engineering professionals in local colleges and universities.