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Purchasing creditable service
Vocational work experience

As of December 14, 2005, MTRS members certified under Chapter 74 may be eligible to purchase up to three years of prior employment in their field as creditable service toward the calculation of retirement benefits [M.G.L. c. 32, §4(1)(h 1/2].

To determine whether you may be eligible to purchase this type of service, please answer these questions:

1) Are you—or were you previously—licensed/approved as a vocational technical educator under M.G.L. c. 74? Yes No
2) Are you—or were you previously—employed in a Chapter 74-approved vocational technical education program? Yes No
3) Do you have at least ten years of “membership” creditable service in a Massachusetts public retirement system now, or will you have accumulated at least ten years of “membership” creditable service by the time you wish to purchase your voc-exp service? Yes No
4) At the time of your application to purchase service, will you be a “member in service” of the MTRS? Yes No