Due to limitations in venues， costs， and experimental periods， some content in the civil engineering testing technology course needs to be improved， and its teaching methods need to be updated. This paper elaborates on the necessity of constructing virtual simulation resources for civil engineering testing technology courses， and introduces the approach of Xichang University in civil engineering testing technology training courses based on virtual simulation. Taking the construction of a provincial virtual simulation center as an opportunity， a virtual simulation training project for high-rise building settlement monitoring was developed， and the teaching objectives of the virtual simulation training project were updated. The results indicates that the application of virtual simulation technology enables students to complete the entire process of high-rise building settlement monitoring in a limited time， improves teaching effectiveness， and provides ideas for cultivating innovative and application-oriented talents, which is in line with the construction of new engineering disciplines.