Domestic higher vocational schools have been making efforts to advocate the course reform. Spreading theoretical knowledge while increasing students’ vocational competence is a common concern of educators. This paper takes the course of machinery manufacturing technology of a higher vocational school as the example where three mechanical products are involved, and redesigns the whole course including its teaching goal, teaching idea, teaching content, teaching method and teaching process. Practice has proved that project teaching incorporated with typical products makes students more active and such teaching method enhances students’ vocational competence and quality.