Laboratory technician office location: Can anyone help? I'm trying to find out if there are any reg's regarding office space for lab techs and whether lab techs can be "housed" in the prep room where chemicals are stored. Should a laboratory technician’s office space be in the preparation room? Common sense suggests that such a placement is inappropriate on OH&S grounds as the preparation room is a work area with well-defined potential hazards. Could you point me to some documentation regarding this?