Abstract: Mapping skills competition can greatly promote the improvement of students' practical ability and the cultivation of vocational skills. Based on the competition at all levels, resolving the new promoting learning by competition connotation and teaching characteristics of higher vocational colleges, in order to realize the promotion role of the skills competition on the study of geomatics major students, the practice mode of promoting learning by competition is explored. Measures have been taken to improve the promoting effect by competition such as setting up skills competition selection and teacher's assistant system, establishment of measurement association, establishment of technical innovation and social practice skills, promoting school tradition construction with architecture culture, implementing core skills-examination system, etc. Through these practices, students' professional practice awareness and understanding of professional activities have been improved. Good teaching effect is realized.

Key words: mapping skills competition, higher vocational, geomatics major, promoting learning by competition, practice