CVS Photo Center

=Introduction= CVS Photo Centers are a part of most CVS/pharmacy stores and essentially constitute the Photo Department of the store. Available at the Photo Center is On-Site and outside lab film processing; digital processing via on-site backlab and self-serve kiosks; Passport Photos, photo reprints and enlargements (from negative, digital or print, photo gifts, photo restorations, photo greeting cards and a variety of other services.

Stores are required to keep their Photo Center operational at the same schedule as the general Front Store, except 24 hour stores.

=Department Personnel=

The Photo Department has two primary positions; Photo-Lab Supervisor and Photo-Lab Technician. However general Front Store Management are required to be photo trained and staff from other departments are often cross-trained and are considered equivalent to Photo Techs even though they possess a job code from another department.

Photo-Lab Supervisor
The Photo-Lab Supervisor is the department head that oversees the Photo Center. There is usually only one per store. The Supervisor is responsible for operations; paperwork; personnel training and in limited ways, selection; photo loss prevention; quality control; sales building and a host of other responsibilities, the scope of which varies from store-to-store based on the Store Manager, District policies and other factors. Supervisors are required to be position certified as Techs plus complete management related modules in the Photo Currriculum.