Based on the idea of engineering education accreditation such as "outcome oriented", "student centered" and "continuous improvement", the core curriculum “production practice” of water science and engineering specialty was reformed from the construction of practice base, strengthening practice management, deepening practice content, the construction of teaching staff, improvement of curriculum assessment and evaluation. By strengthening school-enterprise cooperation, several stable practice bases had been established. The online and offline teaching had been combined to strengthen the practice management through the use of practice simulation software and production practice audio-visual database. Based by training objectives and graduation requirements, the content of practice teaching had been deepened and expanded. The dual tutor system of school tutor and enterprise tutor had been established to ensure that students get better guidance. A quality tracking and feedback system for graduates had been established to continuously improve production practice teaching. A new mode of production practice teaching in local applied universities based on the concept of engineering certification education was explored and practiced, which improved students' ability to solve complex engineering problems and laid a solid foundation for achieving the graduation requirements and training objectives.